Snapdragon Bites Back: Qualcomm Announces A Quad-Core 2.5Ghz Chipset For Mobile Devices

I've been writing about the mobile industry for a few years now, and there's one thing that still blows my mind each and every day: the rate at which these companies are able to make new feel old. Everytime something comes along and rocks our world, someone else in the industry responds with "Oh yeah? Well our new thing is twice is fast! And twice as efficient! Oh, and ours is completely powered by the laughter of unicorns ! Beat that!" And then someone does. Just 3 weeks ago, NVIDIA announced the Tegra 3, a 1.5 GHz, Quad-Core chipset for smart phones and tablets. Madness , right? Texas Instruments responded with their own quad-core chipset — except theirs clocked in at 2 Ghz. Now it's Qualcomm's turn. Their rebuttal? 4 cores, each running at a theoretical maximum of 2.5 GHz. Punch it, Chewie!