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Qualcomm is pushing the boundaries of mobile computing even further as the company recently announced its upcoming flagship system-on-chip, the Snapdragon 820. The company claim that its latest mobile chipset have the potential to power the next-generation virtual reality and augmented reality devices.
At the heart of the Snapdragon 820 chipset is the Adreno 530 graphics processing unit which the company said is 40 percent more powerful and power efficient compared to the graphics processing unit embedded in the Snapdragon 810, according to Engadget.
Additionally, Qualcomm claim that it has found a way to fix the overheating issue that plagued the Snapdragon 810 chipset, a problem that cost Qualcomm its Samsung contract.
Aside from mobile virtual reality devices, Qualcomm also aims to bring its latest chipset in to the car industry. If this plan will happen, the new chipset will be the successor of the Snapdragon 602A which was released in 2014.
Qualcomm's new chipset not only focuses on processing power. The company managed to throw in a new Spectra camera imaging unit which brings a wider range of color and hybrid autofocus framework for faster focusing speeds. If installed on an Android device, the imaging unit could greatly improve the overall quality of images taken from an Android device.
According to Anand Tech, the Spectra imaging unit is so powerful that it can simultaneously support three 25-megapixel cameras recording at 30 frames-per-second without any shutter lag.
Qualcomm did not provide any detail about the Snapdragon 820's CPU. The only publicized specs is that it will feature Qualcomm's custom built 64-bit core known only as Kryo. The company said that its upcoming chipset will be embedded in devices that will be released within the first six months of 2016.
