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Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 and 630 Mobile Platforms Drive Advanced Photography, Enhanced Gaming, Integrated Connectivity and Machine Learning

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SAN DIEGO, May 8, 2017 — (PRNewswire) —  Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., has introduced two new mobile platforms, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 660 and 630, both designed to support a leap in performance enabling advanced photography and enhanced gaming, in addition to long battery life and fast LTE speeds. The Snapdragon 660 and 630 Mobile Platforms include the Snapdragon 660 and 630 SoCs, which encompass the baseband functionalities, plus software and hardware components including RF front end, integrated Wi-Fi, power management, audio codec and speaker amplifier, all to support a comprehensive mobile solution.

"With the introduction of the Snapdragon 660 and 630 Mobile Platforms, we are thrilled that features such as improved image quality and fast LTE speeds will now be available in a wide array of devices without sacrificing performance or quality," said Kedar Kondap, vice president, product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "This ensures that a greater number of consumers will be able to take advantage of higher quality user experiences in camera, audio and visual processing, connectivity, improved CPU and GPU performance, fast charging, security and machine learning."

The Snapdragon 660 and 630 Mobile Platforms focus on seven categories of features:

The Snapdragon 660 and 630 Mobile Platforms share the same modem and camera architecture, and are pin and software compatible, making it simpler and easier for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to build, test and calibrate their devices. Both platforms use a 14nm FinFET process and provide 4K video capture and playback capabilities, along with 8GB maximum memory and Vulkan API support. Additionally, the Snapdragon 660 Mobile Platform supports displays up to QHD (2K) resolution, whereas the 630 supports FHD/QXGA (1080p).

To date, more than 1000 designs have launched or are in the pipeline across the Snapdragon 600 tier mobile platforms. The Snapdragon 660 Mobile Platform is now shipping and the Snapdragon 630 Mobile Platform will begin shipping towards the end of this month. Additional links below to our spec sheets and blog post: https://www.qualcomm.com/products/qualcomm-snapdragon-630-mobile-platform, https://www.qualcomm.com/products/qualcomm-snapdragon-660-mobile-platformhttps://www.qualcomm.com/news/snapdragon/2017/05/08/snapdragon-660-and-630-mobile-platforms-high-end-features-more-devices

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Qualcomm, Snapdragon, Hexagon, TruSignal, Kryo and Adreno are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. Qualcomm Spectra, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware and Quick Charge are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated.

Qualcomm Snapdragon, Qualcomm Spectra, Qualcomm Hexagon, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware, Qualcomm TruSignal, Qualcomm Kryo, Qualcomm Adreno, Qualcomm Quick Charge and Qualcomm Mobile Security are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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Email:  corpcomm@qualcomm.com

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Email: ir@qualcomm.com

 

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