Android CPU Reading

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Snapdragon-vs.-Hummingbird-vs.-OMAP---the-mobile-CPU-war-beyond-1GHz_id12546

Discussion on Smart Phone Processors.

Snapdragon (used in Nexus One)

1.5 PHz processors with more than one core are being shipped to manufacturers.

SoC (system-on-a-chip)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_Cortex-A9_MPCore

ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore

• multicore
• 1 to 2 GHz
• 250 mW per core

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture

ARM (Advance RISC Machine)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_(processor)

Snapdragon

• Gualcomm
• ARM Cortex-A8
• 1 - 1.5 GHz
• 2 cores at 1.5 GHz
• HTC may use to be the first to deliver 2 core smart phones. (see first link)
• 45nm technology
• 80 mln(?) triangles per second

Hummingbird

• Samsung
• ARM Cortex-A8
• 45 nm technology
• 90 mln triangles per second
• Orion - a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU

http://www.google.com/nexus/#utm_campaign=us&utm_source=ha-bk&utm_medium=sem&utm_term=nexxus%20s

Nexus S

• 1 GHz Hummingbird
• 16 GB Internal Memory
• GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
• 4" Contour Display
• 1.5X higher luminance
• 75% less glare outside
• NFC (Near Field Communicaiton)
• Rear facing camera (5 MP)
• front facing camera (VGA)
• Guad-band GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
• Three-axis gyroscope
• digital compas
• T-Mobile