Qualcomm said the products will be supported for a minimum of 10 years from the Snapdragon 600 and Snapdragon 400 product families’ first commercial sampling. This is the first time Snapdragon processors are available by distributors, as Qualcomm looks to expand its potential customer base in new industries embracing wireless connectivity in the IoT.
The Snapdragon embedded portfolio has a tiered offering that includes development boards, commercial-ready modules, as well as the discrete processors for chip on board designs. These embedded processors offer device manufacturers, solution providers, and system integrators a variety of off-the-shelf and custom modules, as well as the freedom for a chip on board design for a cost-optimized approach unique to their requirements, Qualcomm said.
The Snapdragon 600E featuring 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Krait 300 CPU targets advanced systems with multi-core performance and immersive 3D graphics, thanks to the Qualcomm Adreno 320 GPU and Qualcomm Hexagon DSP. It supports integrated Bluetooth 4.0/LE & 3.x, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac and GPS for connected applications. It is also expandable for a variety of use cases with SATA, SD3.0, DDR memory, eMMC storage, HDMI, LVDS, HSIC, and PCIe interfaces.
The Snapdragon 410E 1.2GHz quad-core processor offers high performance, low power consumption and rich multimedia with a Qualcomm Adreno 306 GPU and Qualcomm Hexagon DSP. It supports Bluetooth 4.1/LE, 802.11 b/g/n and GPS, targeting IoT use cases such as smart homes, digital signage, medical equipment, industrial automation, digital media players and smart surveillance.
