MSM8996
来自个人维基
8994 芯片cs时间在1月初，产品上市时间在15年56月份了.
8994和8992在软件上是兼容的。 8992cs时间在
8996的芯片CS时间 11月份. 产品上市在16年1月份左右.
roadmap
高端CS时间：8994 15年1月份， 8992 15年Q2， 8996 15年11月份
中端CS时间：8929 15年3月份， 8952 15年Q3， 8976/8956 年底
mid of 2016， the customer may not care the chip in device。
CPU关键参数
Modem & Quad-Core AP in a single chip. (15.6X15 pop).
3XCA TO 450Mbps with FDD/TDD UL CA (CAT 10)
14nm FinFET Process for better active power, faster peak CPU.
key enhancements over MSM8994
- computing performance
- 4Xindustry leading and custom 64bit armv8 isa compliant cpus (hydra).
- dual channel lpddr4 memory interfaces(1600mhz) with multimedia bandwidth compression
- multimedia
- higher performing and lower power a530 GPU with 64b addressing capability
- complete 4k60 entertainment system (4k60 h.265/vp9 decode with uncompresse 4k display - hdmi2.0)
- 14b dual isp, 28mp 30fps zsl with improved imaging quality
- programmable pre/post processing DSP for further camera differentiation
- dedicated low-power sensor for emerging always-on use-cases with 512kb
- connectivity
- new QFE3100 envelop tracking with lower power and thermal footprint
- new WTR8950 LTE-U(5GHZ) aligning with commercial launches in early 16
- new WCSD9335 Audio DODEC with integrated ultra low power DSP. (语音唤醒的这一部分的功耗之后9330的五分之一, 1.5-->0.3)
- 1xUSB3.0,1xUSB2.0,3xPCIe
- integrated cat 10modem
- hydra CPU w/ ~35% performance inprovement
- A530 GPU w/ 40%
- SMMU - improved ecurity with reduced RAM for BYOD
- UBWC for DRAM BW reductions (multimedia B/W and power gains)
- UFS-G3 and emmc5.1 storage solutions.
- 4k60 decode w/ 4k60 miracast streaming(2.0)
- HEVC 10-bit and VP9 decode
- Vesa DSC 1.1 compression with HDMI2.0(4K60)
- Camera CPHY for higher throughput/lower power
- new DSP w/ Q6v60 825MHZ + 2xhvx for CAMERA DIFFERENTIATION
- low power Sensors w/ 512KB (4x Power improvement)
- Additional PCIe (3x total)
- SCSA support . http://scsallc.com/
- New WCD9335 audio codec and QCA9500 .11ad solutions
- QFE3100 Envelope
- WTR3950 LTE-U
- SMB1351 QC2.0
