The next era in smartphone processors is upon us. There’s already quite a few phones out there running the Snapdragon processor, and now there’s also many running the Hummingbird processor. The next era will be dual-core processors, and there’s two heavy hitters coming over the next 6 months. First of all, we have the Nvidia Tegra 2. It features a dual-core 1GHz processor, a Nvidia GeForce GPU and a 1080p HD mobile video processor. Next up, we have the Samsung Cortex A9 processor, which also features a dual-core 1GHz processor and 1080p video recording at 30 frames per second. Samsung also states that it has five times the graphic performance of the Hummingbird A8 processors (which many people will say has better graphics than the Snapdragon processor).
Samsung has said that the A9 will be available to “select customers” in Q4 2010 and it will be going into mass production in the first half of 2011.
We can expect to see the Tegra 2 in smartphones in Q4 2010. LG has announced that it plans on using the Tegra 2 in its Optimus line of high-end smartphones in Q4. LG is also planning both Android and Windows Phone 7 devices under the Optimus line.
Sources: AndroidCentral and BGR