Qualcomm expands its Tablet Reference Design to support Snapdragon 400 chips for emerging markets


Qualcomm Reference Design

Qualcomm has announced that they have expanded its Qualcomm Reference Design (QRD) portfolio with a reference design made specifically for 7-inch and 10-inch version of tablets running on its Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM 8230 and MSM 8030 processors. The tablets support 3G HSPA+ connectivity, WiFi and 1080 encoding and decoding. The QRD provides access to third-party providers of tested and verified hardware and software components and there have been 200 public QRD-based product launches to date in collaboration with more than 40 OEMs in 14 countries,

Regarding the announcement, Jeff Lorbeck, senior vice president of product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc said

While some of our customers have utilized Qualcomm Reference Designs for smartphones as a foundation for building and commercializing tablets in certain regions, Qualcomm Technologies has increasingly received customer interest in a Qualcomm Reference Design specifically designed for tablets in emerging regions. That’s why we’re excited to announce this reference design specifically made for tablets, further speeding our customer’s ability to commercialize devices and delivering on our commitment to enable mobile computing across device tiers

Highlights of the reference tablet hardware

  •  7-inch and 10-inch displays
  • 1.2 – 1.4GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 MSM 8230 and MSM 8030 processors
  • Adreno 305 GPU
  • Android Jelly Bean OS
  • 3G HSPA+ (up to 21Mbps)
  • Integrated 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi up to 72 Mbps
  • 1080p high definition video playback at 30fps
  • 1080p high definition video capture

These tablets with new Qualcomm Reference Design would be showcased at Computex 2013 in Taiwan.


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