Thread: Can we please avoid Blackberry's stupid mistake, and release with an OpenGL ES 3.0 compliant SoC?
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2013-07-21 , 10:38
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Originally Posted by Fuzzillogic View Post
Are mid-range SoCs (because that is what it will be) available with OpenGL ES 3.0 support? Quite often those SoCs tend to be previous gen high-ends with some cores and features stripped out.

I do agree however that this would be welcome. It would fit in Jolla's trend of hopping on new tech early on, as seen with Qt5, Wayland. I hope they do the same with bluetooth 4.0 and OpenGL ES 3.0.

Slightly related: do these GPU's also support OpenCL? It could provide the extra umph for certain applications.
In addition to the list Hurrian noted below, OpenGL ES 3.0 compliance is becoming a standard feature in midrange chipsets too.

the adreno 305 as used in the Snapdragon S4 range, the the Snapdragon 400 range, currently found in:

Nokia Lumia 520,[37] Nokia Lumia 620,[37] Nokia Lumia 720,[37] Sony Xperia M,[38] Sony Xperia M dual[39]

HTC One SV (3G Version),[40] Huawei Ascend W1, Sony Xperia

HTC One VX,[42] HTC One SV (4G Version),[40] Samsung Galaxy Express[43]

HTC First,[102] HTC One mini[103]

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (GT-I9190),[104] Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Duos[105]

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3,[106] Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (GT-I9195)[107]

there is also a lowend Qualcomm chipset which has I believe has OpenGL ES 3.0 support via the Adreno 302 GPU.

Samsung have a mid-range product sporting an OpenGL ES 3.0 compliant GPU in the form of the T604:

the galaxy Mega 6.3

no doubt the IMG PVR 544 will become midrange once the rogue SoC's start turning up.

I'm sure there are more.
Last edited by Jedibeeftrix; 2013-07-21 at 11:14.
 

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