Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 gets CAT9 LTE support with 450Mbps download speeds
Qualcomm Technologies announced that Snapdragon 810, the new SoC to power high end smart devices will come with support for LTE Category 9 connectivity. AT a demo, LTE-Advanced modem was able to attain download speeds of up to 450Mbps over three 20MHz LTE carriers. Given that Snapdragon 810 comes with powerful CPU and GPU and with 64-bit architecture, this new addition should help Qualcomm go head on against Nvidia’s Kepler K1 SoC which is currently the chip to beat. Snapdragon with Cat-9 LTE will be available in early 2015.
“Qualcomm Technologies continues to be a leader in the mobile industry with commercialization of the world’s leading modem technology, delivering fast and reliable cellular data connectivity solutions. This provides speedy application performance and feature richness across greater coverage areas enabled by LTE Category 9 connectivity,” said Alex Katouzian, senior vice president of product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “With powerful processors like the Snapdragon 810, we look forward to continuing to drive LTE innovation in the high tier to ensure exceptional user experiences as mobile broadband demand grows.”
Qualcomm Technologies’ LTE-Advanced modem is backwards compatible with all major cellular standards and technologies supported by 4G LTE including GSM/EDGE, CDMA1x/EVDO, TD-SCDMA and WCDMA/HSPA+.
