Comments on: Hummingbird processor shows off on video

By: Soccastar123

Soccastar123 — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:24:57 +0000

I know the GPU in the Hummingbird CPU is better on paper but I wanna see this same demo heads up against the Droid X because we already knew the Adreno GPU was already way behind the curve.

By: Soccastar123

Soccastar123 — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:24:57 +0000

I know the GPU in the Hummingbird CPU is better on paper but I wanna see this same demo heads up against the Droid X because we already knew the Adreno GPU was already way behind the curve.

By: Pete Patron

Pete Patron — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:04:06 +0000

How is the power consumption with all this beastly graphics power? It is mobile after all, not a desktop computer…

By: Knedjo

Knedjo — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:47:54 +0000

quite true! this is really amazing! And it goes even further!
Imagine now Galaxy S connected to HDTV via 3.5 mm jack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQBAx_BDfk&hd=1

And now imagine drivers for BT 3.0 for mouse and keyboard! That could revolutionize console gaming!

On topic of GPU power of Superphones:

Here's demonstration of updated GPU co-processor for refreshed Snapdragon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBZcD-IqefY&hd=1

At first this GPU was planned for MSM7x30 series, but Qualcomm changed it's mind and purued development of MSM 8x50A, and MSM 8x55... with the same GPU co-processor.

This new GPU is based on technology that Qualcomm Acquired for $65 million from AMD (when AMD acquired ATI it sold handheald division to Qualcomm and digital TV division to Broadcom)

The new GPU co-processor is wastly more superior to curent Adreno generation inside QSD8x50 (Snapdragon).
That means that 2011 generation of HTC's and LG's Gingerbread phones will be much more powerful. Samsung will stick to its Hummingbird (but will move it to 28nm) and Motorola will stick to Texas Instruments's OMAP series (probably moving to 4000 series with dual-core Cortex-A9.

Both Samsung and TI will implement in future ImgTech SGX 545! And that my friend is a MONSTER among embedded GPUs: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/archive/ind...

So we're definitely heading towards mobile graphics revolution in the next year or two!

By: Tal Schechter

Tal Schechter — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:46:53 +0000

Boy! That is exciting stuff! Forgot consoles, I use Android for my gaming! (or maybe I will in the future…)

By: Knedjo

Knedjo — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:10:00 +0000

Actually key factor is IMGTech’s SGX540 GPU that’s inside Hummingbird SoC! Inside the Snapdragon SoC is Adreno 200 GPU that’s is much inferior to the ImgTech design.

SGX 540 can push 90 Million triangles per sec, on the other hand Adreno 200 can push only 22 Million Triangles per sec.

And also there’s a quastion of OpenGL drivers and considering experience of ImgTech in GPU business, compared to Qualcomm, there’s no doubt that ImgTech OGL drivers are way more optimized!

One of the key innovations that Qualcomm has promissed for updated Snapdragon (MSM8x50A, and MSM8x55), beside 1.2-1.5GHz frequency is more powerful GPU part – a design that Qualcomm has bought from AMD (ATI)

By: Knedjo

Knedjo — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:10:00 +0000

Actually key factor is IMGTech’s SGX540 GPU that’s inside Hummingbird SoC! Inside the Snapdragon SoC is Adreno 200 GPU that’s is much inferior to the ImgTech design.

SGX 540 can push 90 Million triangles per sec, on the other hand Adreno 200 can push only 22 Million Triangles per sec.

And also there’s a quastion of OpenGL drivers and considering experience of ImgTech in GPU business, compared to Qualcomm, there’s no doubt that ImgTech OGL drivers are way more optimized!