Qualcomm Announces New MSM7x30 Smartphone Chipsets

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There’s not a soul in the world that loves smartphones but doesn’t know anything about Qualcomm. The company is already famous for its processors, and this year alone we’ve had the pleasure of seeing in action those fast 1GHz Snapdragon chips.

Qualcomm is ready to offer us even more and that’s why it has officially revealed a new line of mainstream smartphone chipsets. We’re talking about the MSM7x30 family which is going to bring gigahertz processing to future average smartphones.

The MSM7x30 family will pleasantly surprise you with multimedia features like HD video recording and playback and “exceptional graphics with dedicated 2D and 3D cores” while the chips will also be optimized for offering you a great web experience.

The new chipset line will include the MSM7230 for HSPA+ smartphones and the MSM7630 which comes with multi-mode support for HSPA+/EV-DO Rev. B and SV-DO handsets. The new 7×30 family will offer 800MHz to 1GHz CPUs based on the ARM v7 instruction set. The CPU used will be the same Scorpion models found in current Snapdragon chipsets.

And here’s what the MXM7x30 chipsets will be able to offer you:

• 720p high-definition video encode/decode at 30 frames per second
• Integrated 2D and 3D graphics GPUs with support for OpenGL ES 2.0, and OpenVG 1.1 industry standard APIs
• Dedicated low-power audio subsystem supporting 5.1 surround
• 12-megapixel camera support
• Integrated GPS for location-based services
• Support for leading mobile operating systems, including Android, Windows Mobile, Brew Mobile Platform and Symbian
• Support for package-on-package memory for reduced board space, optimized power consumption and more responsive performance.

The new chipset family is supported by the PM8058 power management integrated circuit and the QTR8600 RF subsystem with integrated Bluetooth and FM radio. It will also offer Wi-Fi support as it will interface directly with the Qualcomm WCN1312 WLAN solution for 802.11 b/g/n.

Qualcomm hasn’t announced what smartphones will use the new chipsets so far but we’ll be definitely looking forward to see manufacturers announce new devices based on Qualcomm’s new MSM7x30 chipset family.