Qualcomm MSM7626 at the Heart of Palm Pixi

Palm Pixi, the little sibling of the Pre will make its appearance shortly on Sprint network.

The candybar phone will certainly perpetuates the WebOS at the latest version. Unlike the Pre, which uses the Texas Instruments OMAP3 processor, the Pixi will use the latest  Qualcomm MSM7627 chipset.

Qualcomm is touting its MSM7627 chipset as high performance solution for richer multimedia, faster web page rendering, better 3D games, capturing high-resolution pictures and video, …

Below are the highlights:

• 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

[Via PalmInfocenter]

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