SAN DIEGO, March 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:
QCOM), today announced that its premium mobile platform is powering
Samsung's latest and most sophisticated flagship smartphone, the
Samsung Galaxy S8, for select regions. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is
powered by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 835 Mobile Platform, featuring
the first commercial SoC manufactured using 10nm FinFET technology,
and which integrates the Snapdragon X16 LTE modem. This powerful
platform allows the Galaxy S8 to support Gigabit LTE, for
fiber-optic Internet speeds on the go, and more consistent mobile
data performance in more places. The Galaxy S8 is the first
smartphone to feature Qualcomm® TruSignal™ adaptive antenna tuning
technology for carrier aggregation, designed to deliver a more
consistent voice and data experience, indoors and outdoors. The
Snapdragon 835 is roughly 35 percent smaller in package size and
consumes roughly 25 percent less power compared to the previous
generation flagship processor, which equates to longer battery life
and a thinner design. The processor also supports next-generation
immersive entertainment experiences, such as mobile virtual reality
(VR), with leading edge still and video capture.
"We are proud to continue our long and productive collaboration
with Samsung to help bring the most advanced mobile experiences,
such as Gigabit LTE and mobile VR, to consumers with the new
Samsung Galaxy S8," said Alex
Katouzian, senior vice president and general manager,
mobile, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "Featuring a thin and light
design with superior battery life, immersive multimedia, and
exceptional photography with Gigabit LTE speeds, the Samsung Galaxy
S8 powered by the Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform delivers the
experiences today's mobile users demand."
The Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform offers improved processing
power and performance with the new Qualcomm® Kryo™ 280 CPU and
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 682 DSP, and is designed to simultaneously meet
the high performance demands, thermal limits and power efficiency
constraints of the next-generation VR designs, like the Samsung
Gear VR for Galaxy S8. Snapdragon 835 delivers up to a 25
percent increase in 3D graphics rendering performance with the
Qualcomm® Adreno™ 540 GPU compared to Adreno 530. Snapdragon 835
also supports object and scene-based 3D audio as well as visually
immersive 4K Ultra HD premium (HDR10) video, that enables the
Samsung Galaxy S8 to play HDR movies and other types of videos from
major content publishers. At the core of the capture experience is
the Qualcomm Spectra™ 180 ISP, featuring dual 14-bit ISPs that
support the Galaxy S8 8MP front camera and 12MP rear camera for the
ultimate photography and ultra-high definition videography
experience. Both still and video capture experiences are enhanced
with advanced auto-focus technologies along with HDR true-to-life
colors and perceptual quantization video encoding. The
Snapdragon 835 also features the Qualcomm Haven™ security platform
with enhanced security for biometrics and device attestation, which
can be experienced in the Galaxy S8. The Galaxy S8's signal
performance, power efficiency and thermal performance are enhanced
by an advanced RF front-end which includes Qualcomm Technologies'
envelope tracker, impedance tuner, diversity receive modules,
aperture tuners, low-noise amplifiers, extractor and BAW
filter.
"We value the long history of collaboration that we share with
Qualcomm Technologies, and are excited to work with them on the
Galaxy S8, the mobile industry's first smartphone based on 10nm
FinFET process technology to be available to consumers," said
Robert Kim, vice president, product
strategy team, mobile communications business, Samsung Electronics.
"Doing so provides our customers with a best-in-class mobile
experience, which includes the most advanced features in
connectivity, immersion, machine learning and security."
More information on the Snapdragon Mobile Platform can be found
at https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/processors/835. For
more information about the Samsung Galaxy S8, please visit
www.samsung.com/galaxy or www.samsungmobilepress.com.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm's technologies powered the smartphone revolution and
connected billions of people. We pioneered 3G and 4G – and now we
are leading the way to 5G and a new era of intelligent, connected
devices. Our products are revolutionizing industries, including
automotive, computing, IoT, healthcare and data center, and are
allowing millions of devices to connect with each other in ways
never before imagined. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing
business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated,
operates, along with its subsidiaries, all of our engineering,
research and development functions, and all of our products and
services businesses, including our QCT semiconductor business. To
learn more, visit Qualcomm's website, blog, Twitter and
Facebook pages.
Qualcomm, Snapdragon, TruSignal, Kryo, Andreno and Hexagon
are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries.
Qualcomm Spectra and Qualcomm Haven are trademarks of Qualcomm
Incorporated.
Qualcomm Snapdragon, Qualcomm TruSignal, Qualcomm Kryo,
Qualcomm Hexagon, Qualcomm Spectra, Qualcomm Adreno and Qualcomm
Haven are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Pete Lancia, Corporate
Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
John Sinnott, Investor
Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
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