As we all know by now, the Pixi is the first handset to launch with Qualcomm’s high-performance MSM7627 chipset, and according to Palm, the Pixi will not be able to handle as many opened Cards as the Pre. So many people are questioning the speed of this new Palm phone running the webOS in all its full glory.
According to Qualcomm, you need not to worry about the Palm Pixi been under-specced when compared to its older brother, the Pre. The folks over at PalmInfocenter have gotten their hands on the full spec sheet from Qualcomm for the MSM7627 chipset that will power the Pixi:
Technical specs:
* Two ARM cores integrated into a single chip – a dedicated CPU core and a dedicated modem processor – for an unparalleled level of integration:
1. 600MHz applications processor with floating point unit and L2 cache
2. 400MHz modem processor
* Supports both CDMA2000® 1xEV-DO Rev. A and UMTS HSDPA 7.2Mbps/HSUPA 5.76Mbps, and GSM
* In addition to the two ARM cores, features 320MHz application DSP for multimedia supporting full 30 fps WVGA encode/decode, 200MHz hardware-accelerated 3D graphics core supporting OPEN GL 2.0, high-resolution camera, integrated GPS
* 12mm x 12mm footprint
* Optimized power consumption
Like the Pre, it also supports hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, with an OpenGL 2.0-supporting 200MHz GPU. Those of you thinking about gaming with the Pixi will be happy about this one, if we ever get real 3D games working on webOS, that is. Also, as you can see, the MSM7627 has both a 600MHz applications processor – with floating point unit and L2 cache – and a second, 400MHz “modem” processor. There’s also a 320MHz application DSP which is used for multimedia crunching, giving the Pixi the ability to handle full 30fps WVGA encoding and decoding.
[Via SlashGear]
