The popularity of four cores in the mobile field is really fast. Some time ago, ZTE released a 999 yuan model equipped with NVIDIA Tegra 3. That is to say, a machine less than 1000 yuan can also use four cores. In 2013, four cores will become the standard configuration of Android smartphones. At present, there have been scientific and technological reviews that the four cores on mobile platforms are enough, and more cores are just marketing gimmicks. The reason is very simple. Think about PC. After so many years of development, dual core core is the mainstream, which is totally different from the mobile platform. So, after striding into the four core era, where is the next driving force of mobile processors?
How did mobile processors enter the four core era? If I remember correctly, it started with Nvidia's launch of Tegra 3. In addition, on the MWC in February, the flagship ONE X of the ONE series launched by HTC was equipped, and the ONE X became the first quad core mobile phone. You can clearly feel that the mobile field is developing very fast. In 2010, it was a single core. In 2011, Samsung launched the Galaxy S2 with Samsung's own dual core processor, becoming the first flagship of Android in the past year. In 2012, Nvidia Tegra 3, Samsung Exynos 4412, Qualcomm Since then, mobile processors have entered the four core era.
However, after two years of "nuclear" war, whether consumers have begun to have such questions: "My desktop computers are only dual core (quad core). Is it useful for you to do so many cores on your mobile phones? Reduce the core and increase the endurance". Yes, such an argument began to emerge slowly, and also received more attention. Recently, foreign media analysts wrote an article looking forward to the next development direction of mobile processors. Xiao Bian will analyze with you.
▲ LG Optimus G is one of the first machines equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad core processor
The "nuclear" war will be temporarily suspended
"Four cores will be the standard configuration of smart phones in the visible future," said Matt Wuebling, director of marketing for Nvidia Tegra processors. "Even if some manufacturers add more cores (move beyond quad core) on the basis of four cores, there will be no visible improvement in user experience.". Processor manufacturers already have a common understanding that adding more cores to processors will reduce manufacturers' profits on the one hand, and the user experience will not improve on the other. Because at present, no mobile application or game needs to call all four cores to work at the same time to have significant improvement.
So we should not expect six cores for the time being. When manufacturers no longer need to consider the number of cores in marketing (because everyone has four cores), "manufacturers' marketing personnel can sleep more soundly at night," Matt Wuebling said, because they no longer need to worry about the number of processor cores.
▲ Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has a 3100mAh super capacity battery
Focus on improving endurance
Traditionally, more cores mean more power consumption. In fact, in addition to the large screen, another great advantage of large mobile phones is that they can use larger batteries. Think about the 3100mAh battery of Note 2. It can last for two days under light use.
In addition to adding more cores to processors, manufacturers will give priority to expanding the endurance. For example, Nvidia Tegra 3, the first to launch four cores, is such an example. In order to save power, they also designed an additional core to handle some light tasks. This can be seen as the beginning of the manufacturers' efforts in this regard.
Raj Talluri, senior product manager of QUALCOMM CDMA technology department, mentioned that in the future, QUALCOMM Snapdragon processors will not only have central CPU cores, but also have a specially designed block to block power consumption, which will reduce the load on the main core, And perform some special tasks such as controlling the camera lens and sensors. He also said that "even if your high-end smartphone is equipped with a large camera and screen, our goal is to ensure that you do not need to rush every day".
Better and more powerful graphics processing function
Just as the PC industry is not so eager to promote the popularity of quad core computers, it pays more attention to other features such as graphics processing. The mobile industry will also do the same, for example, more screen improvement, higher resolution, and better game graphics processing performance. In addition, we have seen relevant signs, such as the latest HTC Droid DNA. Of course, it was Apple that initially emphasized the screen's delicacy and proposed the retinal screen standard, but compared with 326PPI's In comparison, DNA reached 440 PPI.
▲ HTC Droid DNA is the device with the highest pixel density at present
More pixels also means more powerful processors. In addition to graphics processing, Wuebling also said that handheld devices in the future will have better cameras and better video editing capabilities. Not only the photographing function, future processors should be faster and easier to capture and edit videos than they are now.
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