Qualcomm has released a new promo video titled "Better Cores, Not More Cores" that takes on the MediaTek's new Octa-Core chip. Even though the promo doesn't mention MediaTek, the "Our Competitor" wording in the promo clearly shows that it's MediaTek. Qualcomm says that More cores won't make your apps move faster, but faster cores will make your apps move faster. Qualcomm has more dual-core chips than the quad-core chips. These are faster and uses less power than the competitors, says the company. It managed compared top 20 apps in China, and 85% or 17 apps only used two CPU cores. The 15% percent that used more than two CPU cores barely used the third or the fourth core at all, says the company. Qualcomm's current-gen Snapdragon processors are 170% faster than the first-gen ones, whereas the Octa-Core chips doesn't have any kind of improvements than competitors current-gen quad-core chips, says the company. Even though MediaTek unveiled their True Octa Core chip solution last month that uses the full potential of all the eight cores for a seemingly better performance and even better battery life management, it did not say how better the chip's performance would be, compared to the competitors' quad-core chips. ...Source: http://www.fonearena.com/blog/79961/qualcomm-takes-on-mediateks-octa-core-tech-in-a-new-promo-video.html
