Samsung plans 2GHz smartphone
Speaking to Korean Web site daum.net, a spokesperson for Samsung said: “We are planning to release a 2GHz dual-core CPU-equipped smartphone by next year.”
This is an improvement of 800MHz on the 1.2GHz dual-core processor that's found in the Galaxy S II smartphone, which is currently the fastest chip in a phone.
Times of India quoted a Samsung official saying: “We are planning to release a 2GHz dual-core CPU-equipped smartphone by next year.
“This product will have the data processing capacities of a regular PC,” added the official. The smartphone is likely to be released under its Exynos processor brand.
Samsung is also said to be considering separate sales of the CPU units for other smartphone makers, according to the report.
Samsung has been mainly manufacturing mobile CPUs for its own product lines, but is planning expansion into mobile processor sales under its new brand, Exynos.
According to PC Mag, the report comes as dual-core 1GHz phones such as the Motorola Atrix and LG Optimus 2X, which was the world's first dual-core phone, are just beginning to become available.
A phone running with two 2GHz chips would technically be capable of running at speeds up to 4GHz, though real-world tests almost never match specs.
In addition to being built into Samsung phones, the chip would probably be marketed to third parties under the company's new Exynos brand, which Samsung unveiled in Feburary. The coming Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will feature some of the first Exynos-branded chips.
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