Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 616 octa-core 64-bit SoC with LTE

Qualcomm's 615  SoC was the world's first octa-core chipset with integrated LTE and 64-bit capabilities. Now as a part of an upgrade the company has announced the Snapdragon 616.

Snapdragon 616 has the same 64-bit processing with quad-core ARM Cortex A53 + quad-core ARM Cortex A53 arrangement, but the second set of Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.2GHz per core. It has an integrated X5 LTE Global Mode modem and the same Adreno 405 GPU present in Snapdragon 615 chip. It houses LPDDR3 800MHz Single-channel 32-bit (6.4GBps) and eMMC 4.51 SD 3.0 (UHS-I)

Snapdragon 616 supports LTE Broadcast and LTE multimode dual SIM, QHD (2560 x 1600 pixels) display, up to 21MP camera, 1080p video playback at 60fps, Mircast support for wireless streaming of multimedia content, 802.11ac Wi-Fi with MU-MIMO, Bluetooth 4.0 and Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 technology.

The first device to be powered by Snapdragon 616 is the Huawei Maimang 4. However, Qualcomm has not revealed when the chip will become available. Qualcomm also announced the Snapdragon 212 and 412 processors with LTE recently.

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