San Francisco Sep 11 (IANS) Global chipset-maker Qualcomm has launched a new processor for next generation smartwatches with extended battery life ultra-low power system architecture and enhanced always-on display.
The announcement was made at an event where the company also announced its first "SDW3100" customers -- Fossil Group Louis Vuitton and Montblanc. Called the Snapdragon "Wear 3100" (SDW3011) the chipset offers the "utility of an analogue watch with the flexibility of a smartwatch." "The SDW3100 architecture is designed to combine the beauty of a fashion watch with the power of a smartwatch the battery life of a sports watch with the richness of a smartwatch and the utility of an analog watch with the flexibility of a smartwatch -- so consumers enjoy the best of all worlds " the company wrote in a blog post late on Monday. "By using a hierarchical approach with the high performance A7 processors the highly efficient integrated digital signal processor (DSP) and the new ultra-low power co-processor we look to fundamentally look to re-imagine the smartwatch experience while supporting extended battery life " the firm added. The chip-maker has adopted a number of low-power techniques to support extended battery life in areas such as GPS clock updates sensors processing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth voice queries and MP3 playback. Smartwatches with the new chipset are expected to begin rolling out in the fourth quarter of this year the company added.
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