Motorola X8 Mobile Computing System Explained

Motorola X8 Mobile Computing System is a chipset from Motorola for Android-based smartphones, based on Qualcomm Snapdragon System on a chip S4 Pro.^[1] CPU of S4 Pro is ARM-compatible dual-core Krait, and GPU of this chip is 4-core Adreno 320. Several low-power DSP chips were added by Motorola to S4 Pro in the chipset to process audio and inputs from other sensors.

Composition

• Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC (MSM8960,^[2] DT version), built with 28 nm process node, with:
  • 1.7 GHz dual-core ARM-compatible Krait processor^[3]
  • quad-core Adreno 320 GPU
• natural language processor - single-core
• contextual awareness processor - single-core

Loaded smartphones

• Motorola Droid Ultra
• Motorola Droid Maxx
• Motorola Droid Mini
• Motorola Moto X^[4]

External links

• Motorola X8 Mobile Computing System official website (Archived)
• Motorola's 'X8 Computing System', Brought To You By Qualcomm And Texas Instruments? // Forbes, 2013-08-28

Notes and References

1. Web site: Motorola Reveals More Details Of The Mysterious X8 Chip . Androidpolice.com . 2013-07-31 . 2013-08-05.
2. Web site: Also Read . A look at Motorola's X8 Mobile Computing System - Mobile Phone | ThinkDigit Features . Thinkdigit.com . 2013-07-25 . 2013-08-05.
3. Web site: Segan . Sascha . Motorola Reveals More X8 Chip Details | News & Opinion . PCMag.com . 2013-07-31 . 2013-08-05.
4. Web site: Dante D'Orazio . Motorola using its own multi-core chip in new Droids (update) . The Verge . 2013-07-23 . 2013-08-05.