Re: HTC Glacier - dual processors!
 

Man on one hand I'm afraid that by the time Nokia's MeeGo baby comes out, it won't run hardware that's still current. I think that by Christmas 2010 1Ghz processors will be the stock frequency in a lot of high-end phones.

Then on the other hand I remember that d'oh, "its going to be running Linux!" and my worries fly away again 8).

Re: HTC Glacier - dual processors!
 

Pretty much (if not all) all devices you see are planned a year in advance. More then a year if you just think in potential concepts. Then comes negotiation, engineering, etc..

Re: HTC Glacier - dual processors!
 

omap36xx probably - 1GHz clock replacement of omap34xx from N900

Re: HTC Glacier - dual processors!
 

Not very surprising. ARM architecture was created for desktops. ;)

Re: HTC Glacier - dual processors!
 

Isnt dual core cpu's going to eat your battery like pringles?

Re: HTC Glacier - dual processors!
 

Depends on how they are used. If both are running at full speed to do all operations? Then yes. If they're used to split a task but take less cycles than a single core CPU? Then no

It's also like what consumes more battery life, a task running at 250 mhz clocked CPU or a 600 mhz clocked CPU. The 600 clock gets it done alot faster than the 250 mhz, so it spends less time in use therefore not consuming as much battery over a prolonged time.

Re: HTC Glacier - dual processors!
 

Let me get to work on developing liquid cooling solutions for overclocked dual core cell phones.

Re: HTC Glacier - dual processors!
 

Not convinced this is a dual-core device.

As pointed out in the article, the "up to 3x faster in some tests" is based on GLbenchmark, which is an OpenGL suite of tests and (as pointed out in this forum post) the original 1GHz SnapDragon (presumably as used in the HTC EVO) had a poor GPU.

Presumably the new 1.2GHz SnapDragon SoC in the Glacier now has a better GPU explaining why it is slightly faster (on GLBenchmark) than the 1GHz clocked Samsung Galaxy S (which already had an updated GPU) - the difference is due to the increased clock frequency of the single core ARM in the Glacier, not the presence of second core.

For the record, I'd prefer a slower clocked dual core device (eg. dual 600Mhz-800Mhz) than a fast clocked single core device (1GHz+), and a highly clocked dual core device is probably ridiculous/overkill.

Agree that MeeGo is probably best placed to exploit SMP but tweaking the VM may be all that's required in order for Android to make better use of additional cores.

Re: HTC Glacier - dual processors!
 

dang. Where was this said?

Isn't A8 oldschool, and A9 is expected soon?

Re: HTC Glacier - dual processors!
 

Why the heck has HTC had 1ghz snapdragon phones out for what seems to be a long time, and Nokia's N9 (asuming that will be the first MeeGo device after all) will get a 1ghz processor, in the future.

Also, hummingbird > snapdragon? 1ghz is 1ghz is 1ghz?

EDIT:

So the snapdragon we seen in all these HTCs is made by qualcomm, and the hummingbird is made in house by Samsung, as seen in their galaxy s? So Nokia is gonna source cpu's from Samsung?

Also, is anyone willing to teach me by adding N900 info to this chart ?