New leak details Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 5100 platform
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- 24 Feb 2022
Anonymous, 23 Feb 2022"bringing significant performance gains" Why ?wh... more"Why why? With SD 4100 and Exynos 920 we already have the same amount of computing power that we had in mid-range phones 3 or 4 years ago" Google Glass 2?
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- AngryLithuanian
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- 24 Feb 2022
Anonymous, 23 Feb 2022It's a watch, not a workstation desktop PC. You people... moreBreathe in... Breathe out...
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- 24 Feb 2022
Anonymous, 23 Feb 2022It depends on how it's optimized , look at the SD 8 Ge... moreYou don't seem to understand the meaning of efficiency.
The peak numbers are used to design a cooling system, for an extreme scenario of a CPU under maximum clock.
Efficiency however translates into how many milliwatts does it take to perform a certain task.
In other words, lets use an extreme, but very visible example: Look at today's x86 CPU, like Intel I9 11900k vs a CPU from 2004 - A Pentium 4 (Prescott).
The old dog runs a 105W TDP and it only has 1 core.
The new gun runs at 125W TDP and has 8 cores.
Old CPU didn't boost, so it always ran at around 105W.
New CPU boosts, with peak consumption of all 8 cores clocking in at 295W. That makes it about 36W per core.
Now which CPU do you think would consume more power performing a specific task?
I don't even have to go that far. I can pick any CPU up until around 2010. They all didn't boost, and all ran at around 100W. Another example - Core 2 Quad Q9650
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- 23 Feb 2022
yalim, 23 Feb 2022performance improvement is not a necessity. smartwatches ar... moreI think that's on Google. Samsung's Tizen lasted way longer than Wear OS 4. And as we've seen with the Exynos 2200, Samsung latest chips are incredibly efficient. So I don't think it's Qualcomm per se, even though they're behind in smartphone chipset technology.
That said, it's not like Apple is killing it with battery efficiency on the WatchOS and S7. I really wish this duopoly wasn't permanent. Tizen had all the right ideas.
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- 23 Feb 2022
Anonymous, 23 Feb 2022But performance improvements translates to battery efficiency.It depends on how it's optimized , look at the SD 8 Gen 1, one of the most powerful with higher IPC than it's predecessor, yet it's a battery hog with its >6.5watt peak draw.
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- Anonymous
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- 23 Feb 2022
yalim, 23 Feb 2022performance improvement is not a necessity. smartwatches ar... moreBut performance improvements translates to battery efficiency.
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- yalim
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- 23 Feb 2022
performance improvement is not a necessity. smartwatches are made for wellness, notifications, manage calls, remote control and nfc payments. none of these demand power. the biggest drawback of them are battery efficiency. all smartwatches not using qualcomm last more than 3-4 days.
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- Anonymous
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- 23 Feb 2022
AngryLithuanian, 23 Feb 2022DOA with emmc storage and still on 4 cores. Wouldnt 8 core ... moreIt's a watch, not a workstation desktop PC. You people seriously need to stop obsessing over big numbers. Not to mention you people still have no clue about anything related to storage and just blindly hyping UFS with highest number, like it means anything.
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- Anonymous
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- 23 Feb 2022
But what about battery life???
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- Anonymous
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- 23 Feb 2022
"bringing significant performance gains"
Why ?why? with SD 4100 and Exynos 920 we have already that same amount of computational power we had on midrange phones 3-4 years ago but inside our watches and I really can't think of an application on smartwatch where you are cpu/gpu limited (unless you somehow want to game or mine bitcoin on smartwatch) .
What we need is more optimization and efficiency.
Ask around, most of the people around are fascinated by high end smartwatches but then when it comes on the battery life their enthusiasm cool off a lot when they realize that you need to charge it every 1-2 days.
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- 23 Feb 2022
DOA with emmc storage and still on 4 cores. Wouldnt 8 core processor be more efficient and as someone pointed out, why use A53 if newer versions already exist. Minimal upgrades for a cash grab again...
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- y57
- 23 Feb 2022
good news for those who just ordered 4100 watch lol
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- Chixby
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- 23 Feb 2022
I hope they improve battery endurance
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- Anonymous
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- 23 Feb 2022
Good news, 5100 has been talked about for over 6 months already but it is S L O W to get to market. Oppo is coming out with a new watch very soon which hopefully will have 5100+ SoC on board and ZERO bezels with lots of memory on board 32 GB or so. I am a buyer and I am NOT alone!
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- 23 Feb 2022
A weird decision to use A53, when A510 exists. Use an A55, at least. Both are more efficient in terms of both performance and battery life
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- 23 Feb 2022
It looks okay on-paper, but I don't trust Qualcomm when it comes to chipsets outside of phones. Once bitten, twice shy. They have a long way to go to match, let alone surpass, the Exynos W920. And even further when considering the Apple S7.
I guess I'll continue wearing my Casio :\