According to our Chinese colleagues, one of Qualcomm managers recently visited Taiwan, where he held a number of meetings, the company is preparing to expand the supply of 64-bit SoC. At MWC 2014 Qualcomm introduced a 64-bit SoC Snapdragon 410 and two assemblies on ARM Cortex-A53 (Krait): Snapdragon Snapdragon 610 and 615. What is interesting, Snapdragon 615 - Eight core solution. Second assembly - Snapdragon 610 - carries four cores. There will be also 64-bit assembly Snapdragon 800 series.
According to the company, Qualcomm in China remains the leading provider of smartphone platforms. Actually, the company spokesman admitted that the country is now taking shape demand for multi-core platforms, whereas in Europe the number of core do not chase.
Delivery of SoC Snapdragon Snapdragon 610 and 615, Qualcomm plans to launch in the second half of this year. Smartphones on these platforms will be available in the fourth quarter. Developer estimated that by the end of the year the share of 64-bit SoC in all the company's products will be approximately 15%.