Qualcomm annuncia la nuova piattaforma Snapdragon 636

Qualcomm ha presentato questa mattina in modo ufficiale la nuova piattaforma Snapdragon 636 con importanti miglioramenti in termini di performance, prestazioni gaming e tecnologia display rispetto alla versione precedente Snapdragon 630 annunciata a maggio.

Snapdragon 636 rappresenta la sforzo di Qualcomm per rafforzare la gamma di prodotti Snapdragon e rispondere in modo adeguato agli utenti finali che sempre più richiedono dispositive di alta qualità, funzionalità avanzate e prezzi contenuti.

Snapdragon 636 sfrutta un'architettura Octa Core (Kryo 260 - processo produttivo a 14nm) ad 1.8GHz, per prestazioni fino al 40 per cento superiori rispetto a Snapdragon 630. La GPU Adreno 509 è invece fino al 10 per cento più performante rispetto ad Adreno 508. Il modem Snapdragon X12 LTE supporta velocità in download fino a 600Mbps.


Di seguito riportiamo l'elenco dettagliato delle specifiche tecniche di Snapdragon 636:

Cellular Modem

Modem Name
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X12 LTE modem

LTE Category
- LTE Category 13 (uplink)
- LTE Category 12 (downlink)

Downlink Features
- 3x20 MHz carrier aggregation
- Up to 256-QAM

Uplink Features
- Qualcomm Snapdragon Upload+
- 2x20 MHz carrier aggregation
- Up to 64-QAM

Peak Download Speed
- 600 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed
- 150 Mbps

Supported Cellular Technologies
- Snapdragon All Mode
- LTE FDD
- LTE TDD
- LTE Broadcast
- WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA)
- TD-SCDMA
- CDMA 1x
- EV-DO
- GSM/EDGE

Multi SIM
- LTE Dual SIM

Next-generation Calling Services
- VoLTE with SRVCC to 3G and 2G
- Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) with LTE call continuity
- HD and Ultra HD Voice (EVS)

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi Standards
- 802.11ac Wave 2
- 802.11n
- 802.11a/b/g

Wi-Fi Spectral Bands
- 2.4 GHz
- 5 GHz

Peak Speed
- 433 Mbps

Channel Utilization
- 20/40/80 MHz

MIMO Configuration
- 1x1 (1-stream)

Peak QAM
- 256 QAM

Wi-Fi Features
- MU-MIMO
- Integrated baseband

Bluetooth

Bluetooth Version
- Bluetooth 5.0

Location

Satellite Systems Support
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Global Emergency Services Support
- Assisted GPS
- OTDOA (LTE-based positioning)

Advanced Location Features
- Low Power Geofencing and Tracking
- Sensor-assisted Navigation

NFC

Near Field Communications
- Supported

RF

RFFE
- Qualcomm TruSignal adaptive antenna tuning
- High-power transmit (HPUE)

USB

USB Version
- USB 3.1

Camera

Megapixel Support
- Up to 16 MP camera
- Up to 24 MP camera

Image Sensor Processor
- 2x Image Sensor Processor (ISP)
- Qualcomm Spectra 160 image sensor processor
- 14-bit
- Qualcomm Clear Sight camera features

Camera Features
- Zero Shutter Lag
- Hybrid Autofocus
- Optical Zoom

Video

Video Capture
- Up to 4K Ultra HD video capture @ 30FPS
- Up to 1080p video capture @120 FPS

Video Playback
- Up to 4K Ultra HD video playback

Codec Support
- H.264 (AVC)
- H.265 (HEVC)
- VP9
- VP8

Display

Maximum On-Device Display Support
- FHD+ (18:9)

Maximum External Display Support
- Up to 1080p

Audio

Audio Technology
- Qualcomm aptX codec technology
- Qualcomm Aqstic audio technology

Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec playback support
- Dynamic range: 130dB
- THD+N: -109dB
- PCM up to 192kHz/24bit
- Dual oscillator support (44.1kHz/48kHz)

Qualcomm Aqstic power consumption
- Playback: 26mW for high performance mode, 6.6mW for low power mode
- Low power voice activation: 0.65mA

Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec recording support
- Dynamic range: 109dB
- THD+N: -103dB
- Sampling: Up to 192kHz/24bit

Qualcomm Aqstic speaker amplifier output power
- Up to 4W output power
- Speaker Protection

Qualcomm aptX playback support
- aptX Classic
- aptX HD

CPU

CPU Clock Speed
- Up to 1.8 GHz

CPU Cores
- 8x Qualcomm Kryo 260 CPU

CPU Bit Architecture
- 64-bit

DSP

DSP Technology
- Qualcomm Hexagon 680 DSP
- Qualcomm All-Ways Aware technology

Process

Process Technology
- 14 nm

GPU

GPU Name
- Qualcomm Adreno 509 GPU

Charging

Qualcomm Quick Charge Support
- Qualcomm Quick Charge 4 technology

Security Support

Security Features
- Qualcomm Processor Security
- Application Security
- Smart Camera

Memory

Memory Speed
- 1333MHz

RAM
- 8 GB RAM

Memory Type
- Dual-Channel
- LPDDR4