Guest Jeff Causey Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 Qualcomm Technologies announced the Snapdragon 802 chip targeted at Smart TVs last month during CES 2014. Just over a month later, citing weak demand, the company has announced it is killing off the chip. When announced, Qualcomm noted that the processor was uniquely designed to power Smart TVs running Ultra HD resolutions as well as smart set top boxes. The Snapdragon 802 was powered by a Krait CPU running at 1.8GHz, an Adreno 330 gpu, and came with Qualcomm’s Hollywood Quality Video processing engine on board. Qualcomm also packed in a Hexagon DSP for sound processing duties and hardware for dual-band 802.11ac support. The Snapdragon 802 was not expected to be available in retail devices until late in 2014. Qualcomm says the decision to halt production of the 802 will not affect their other products, notably other processors that could be used in smart TVs. source: Qualcomm via: VR Zone Come comment on this article: Qualcomm Snapdragon 802 slain by lack of demand Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more! News via TalkAndroid
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