Qualcomm Snapdragon For Automotive
In Pictures: The Automotive Technology We Saw At CES 2014Qualcomm is taking its own stab at the automotive infotainment market with its Snapdragon 602A SoC. Unlike smartphones and tablets, components designed for cars need to withstand extreme temperatures and be available for many, many years. There are vehicles out there that remain on the market for a decade, and repair parts need to be available for as long as 10 years after they stop selling.
The company's SoC features four Krait-based CPU cores, an Adreno 320 GPU, and integrated LTE, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth LE 4.0.
Qualcomm didn’t have a demo car in its booth, but there was a mocked-up center stack on display. It rendered 3D navigation maps while driving the screen on a secondary LCD playing Asphalt 8: Airborne at the same time. The Snapdragon 602A's potential is tremendous, though we're not sure if powering rear-seat entertainment is a necessity any more as more companies move toward dedicated Wi-Fi-connected tablets.
1. not new enough
2. more 'computer tech' than 'automotive tech'
1. not new enough
2. more 'computer tech' than 'automotive tech'
It wasn't listed because it came out in the 2012 model year. It was not present at any booth and there was nothing new for it to show off / announce. We also gave it a best of CES award last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhjX2So3RgY
We'll have more of that stuff coming, but I am just one person
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhjX2So3RgY
Nice, I just ran through the Panasonic booth and ran straight to the Micro 4/3s camera section and didn't notice the Model S. Either way, statement still stands, the car is in production and has been for 2 years already, there hasn't been any update. If Tesla were to upgrade the vehicle systems to Tegra K1, then we'd report on it but otherwise the company had no real presence at CES or had anything to announce. I also see quite a few of them around the Seattle area and even more around CA.
Fixed. I'm pretty sure I typed Fresnel, but it could have been the lack of sleep and not enough caffeine following CES >_<
There's only a reduction from a Monster + Trenta Starbucks to a cup of Keurig coffee a day, which I suppose is better