Smartphone chip race is on as Qualcomm goes 4K and MediaTek announces faster rival
If there is one inescapable fact when buying the latest, greatest tech it’s that whatever you buy today will soon be made obsolete by something launched tomorrow.
Today’s flagship Android devices come with Snapdragon 600 or 800 CPUs. As of today, that’s old hat, as chipmaker Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 805 Ultra HD replacement. This – together with its on-board Adreno 420 GPU – will play 4K video and run at up to 2.5GHz.
But even that may soon pale against the chip announced by rival chipmaker MediaTek (via Engadget) …
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