[dropcap]A[/dropcap] full roadmap of Qualcomm’s  Snapdragon roadmap up till 2013 has been leaked, thanks to a PDF gotten by unknown sources.

 

The MSM8960, Qualcomm’s first Windows 8 certified SoC 

shipping in Q4 2011 Dual 1.5-1.7 GHz Krait/ L2 1MB 2x500MHz LPDDR2 LTE FDD/TDD cat3(8960); DC-HSPA(8270) 21HSPA+(8260A) TD-SCDMA (8960, 8260A) 1080p HD [email protected]; 3D 20Mpix Adreno 225 3D/2D 125M tri./sec (DX9.3)

 

Q3 2012  brings the MSM8930

one memory channel lower CPU clocks  less powerful GPU (Adreno 305) 

 The specifications are the following:

Dual 1.0-1.2GHz Krait/ L2 1MB 1x533MHz LPDDR2 • 1x533MHz LPDDR2 LTE Cat2/DC-HSPA+ [...]

PCI Special Interest Group has just held its annual meeting and developer conference in California, where plans for a 32Gbps PCIe cable were revealed. The connecters are said to be be flast wires made completely out of copper and will have speed to distance ratio of 32Gbps up to 10 feet or 3m approx. This standard will be called the PCI 3.0 and will be available late 2013.

The PCI 4.0 details were not mentioned , but the information that the launch is 4 years away was let out.

[EE Times]

According to Forbes, Nokia will use ST-Ericsson hardware to power at least some of its Windows Phones. The U8500 chipset is a Nokia loved dual core processor which will be housed within Windows Phone 7 handsets out of Nokia’s Stable.

According to several other reports the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset might also be one of the first few chipsets to be used by Nokia, Quickly to be followed by ST-U8500 for its powerhouse WP7 lineup in 2012-13.

Maeli Business Newspaper reports “a high-ranking” company official has disclosed that Samsung plans to release a 2 Ghz phone latest by next year. But, remember that 2 Ghz is a total of 2 x 2Ghz cores not 1Ghz cores. According to the report Samsung also plans to sell the chips to other manufacturers, so that you can enjoy boosted performance in your favorite brand.

Marc Driessen, Nokia Benelux product manager has let out some details on the unannounced updates that Nokia will be offering to Symbian Lovers. Talks about a symbian revamp have been going on for quite some time now, but now the companys own people are spilling the juicy details. According to Driessen, Nokia is targeting a major UI overhaul in the fall, an update rumored to include

dedicated pull-down status bar up top new iconography new flexible widgets simplified navigation bar better menus

Any of those sound familiar to the “rejected by Nokia” OS?

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