Smartglasses and smartwatches are everywhere these days and
yet most of them still use watered down components from larger devices such as
smartphones and tablets. Since the wearables are using components that were
originally designed for bigger products, most of them are not performing at the
optimum level.
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Fortunately Qualcomm has realized the lack of
wearable-specific components and has decided to build its own. According to Qualcomm’s CDMA Technologies
Taiwan President Eddie Chang, the company is now preparing for its own SoC and
adds that Qualcomm has everything it needs for the new chip to be mass produced
soon.
Qualcomm’s top competitor – MediaTek has already achieved
quite a head start when it announced back in February the Aster a 5.4x6mm chip specifically
built for wearables that integrates Bluetooth 4.0, a power management IC, and
memory (4MB of flash and 4MP of SRAM).
The company hasn’t announced any hardware partners yet and
there are no details about its specifications but nonetheless, it’s still good
to hear chip makers working hard to bring better solutions for wearables of the
future.
