A beginner’s guide to the mobile processors

In today’s lifestyle, we cannot think of a life without smartphone. Along with the advancement of technology smartphones are also becoming powerful. However, a large section of smartphone users are ignorant about the mobile processors used in their devices. There are processors such as Exynos, Snapdragon, Quad-core, but then do we even know what all these terms mean? They are the most important part of mobile phones. So, let's get to know the basics of the smartphone processors.

The brain of the mobile phones: mobile processors

What is a mobile processor? It is the brain of any computing device, and certainly that of your smartphone. The traditional mobile phones used to be a wireless replication of landline telephones. However, the modern-day smartphones have latest technologies and can be called portable computer which has the capabilities of a telephone. Beneath the amazing touchscreen there is a highly developed computer which is responsible for the working of the apps within the smartphones.

The measurement of the processor is based on the instruction cycle it can execute within a second. The amount is measured in GHz (gigahertz). Therefore, if the GHz is higher the processor can perform better. Moreover, the number of cores is also a determining factor. If the number of cores is more it results in better multitasking.

Which is the best processor best for mobiles phones that makes them the bestselling phones?

Given below are a list of the most popular mobile processors which are used in smartphones.

·         Qualcomm Snapdragon

The Qualcomm Technologies is based in the US. They are involved in various technologies which are related to semiconductor designing for mobile devices, satellite phones, wireless charging, and tracking devices. The popularity of Qualcomm as a brand increased when they introduced the CDMA technology in the market. Though, now they are known in the market for their latest brand - Snapdragon. The Snapdragon’s popularity increased when they released the first 1 GHz processor at the time when average speed of maximum smartphones was 512 MHz (Mega Hertz).

·         Nvidia Tegra

The Nvidia Corporation is an American based company. It is a technology company which specializes in making processors for gaming units, mobile devices, and graphics. The chip for smartphones that is developed by Nvidia is sold under the brand name Tegra.

The processors of Tegra are built on 64-bit ARM architecture. The Tegra processors that are used in smartphones are as follows:

Tegra 4- this processor is used in smartphones and tablets such as Toshiba Excite, Xiaomi Mi3, Asus Transformer PAD, and XOLO Play Tegra Note.

Tegra 4i- this processor is used in Blackphone.

Tegra K1- this processor is used by Google Nexus 9, Navi Big Tab, Nvidia Shield Tablet, and Acer Chromebook 13 and 14.

·         MediaTek

The MediaTek is a semiconductor company from Taiwan which provides chips for mobile devices, HDTVs, and other electronic gadgets.

The MediaTek processors can support up to 3GHz speed. They have various types of cores such as Quad Core (4 Core), Deca Core (10 Core), Dual Core (2 core), and Hexa Core (6 core). The MediaTek processors are mostly used in the Chinese manufactured phones such as Meizu, Yu, Xiaomi, and LeEco. The latest processor of MediaTek that will be used in smartphones and tablets are Helio X20 and Helio X25.

Which processor is best for android mobile?

In an android mobile, a Quad core is always better than a Dual core processor. Though, now here comes the question what is a core? In simple words core is an element that is found in the main processor and it has the capability to read and execute instructions. At the initial stage of developing this processor engineers came up with a single-core processor, then dual-core devices came into the market. Soon after that, the engineers created more powerful devices known as quad-core processors. In the recent times hexa-core and octa-core devices are also gaining popularity in the market.

In mobile phones, Snapdragon processors are better than any other processors though they may cost a little more than MediaTek. In case of the processor, it is not always about Snapdragon or MediaTek as the basic model remains the same. If someone notices carefully the Snapdragon does not use Dual Core. The lowest performer of the Snapdragon is the Snapdragon 210 which has a Quad Core Processor for this the performance level of Qualcomm has been maintained. One can say that at least four cores are necessary for the android phones that are used currently.

The growth of the smartphone processor market size

According to market researchers, the growth of smartphoneprocessor market size is increasing owing to companies like Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Apple. Among these companies Qualcomm has maintained its market share for smartphone with maximum revenue share, this is then followed by Apple and MediaTek.

To gather more information regarding the smartphone processor market research can be done through industry research firm. For any type of information contact Sheer Analytics and Insights,

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