Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Samsung Gear Live and LG G Watch: Snapdragon quad 400 with one active core

Smart watches on the platform Android Wear were officially presented in the course developer conference Google I / O 2014, which was held on 25 and 26 June this year. 


The first two devices based on the OS became Samsung Galaxy Gear Live and LG G Watch, Moto 360 will join the lineup this later. Interestingly, only now it has become fairly well known that iron, which manufacturers have established G Watch and Gear Live. 
Assumed that the Galaxy Gear Live G Watch and get a quad chip Qualcomm Snapdragon 400. Same processor used in many smartphones, middling, but for hours, its power is much more than just redundant. Enthusiasts who receive smart watches Galaxy Gear Live, have already disassemble them and tell us what is inside. Processor - APQ8026. It is identical MSM8026, missing only built 3G-modem. In the microchip integrated Adreno 305 graphics subsystem. 
Benchmark AnTuTu, launched from the command line, showed an interesting detail. The points earned by your device using Single Core and Multi Core, identical. This can only talk about one: Snapdragon 400 consistently uses only one core, and the remaining three are inactive and can not be run. There are suggestions that the installation of quad-core processor had to go because of the ease of integration Snapdragon 400 hours with the remaining components. In any case, the performance of a single core Snapdragon 400 with 1.2 GHz is enough for the needs of the gadget - the interface is very smooth, no complaints about him. Recall that watch sales have already started in the store Google Play Devices are priced at $ 199 for the Galaxy Gear Live, and $ 229 for the LG G Watch....

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