Q10 Axiom review (arabic) Cortex A9 cpu ?

Hi

I just saw this video for the Q10 it states that it run an Cortex A9 while it should use a a Snapdragon S4 Plus Processor..
http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/s...blackberry-q10
Look at 2:11
Why for middle east people they get cortex a9 cpu

Update: The cpu is OMAP 4470 the same cpu as Z10 stl100-1 which doesn't 4G LTE support
they may add support for 4G LTE the OMAP for thr Q10 but it doesn't explain why BB used a OMAP CPU other than S4 CPU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CixaBqg5X0

Its slower than S4 cpu

BlackBerry Z10 : STL100-1 VS STL100-2 - YouTube

BlackBerry Z10 : STL100-1 VS STL100-2

Specs:
STL100-1 = Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 (SoC) which has a dual-core CPU running at 1.5 GHz and a PowerVR SGX 544 GPU

STL100-2 = Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus (SoC) which has a dual-core CPU running at 1.5GHz, and a Adreno 225 GPU

Is it a bad thing if it is running a Cortex A9 cpu? Enlighten us...

Well it is supposed to be snapdragon cpu at least that is the official specs .
Why use a different cpu ?

Originally Posted by uaegangster111

Well it is supposed to be snapdragon cpu at least that is the official specs .
Why use a different cpu ?

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The Etisalat UAE page lists the Chipset as a TI OMAP 4470 and CPU as Cortex A9 too. Where have you seen a Snapdragon CPU being mentioned? GSMArena also has no mention of a Snapdragon CPU - BlackBerry Q10 - Full phone specifications

Genuine question, not trolling or arguing.

EDIT: BlackBerry Q10 mobile phone - On Various networks | The Carphone Warehouse
Just found this. Now I'm definitely ordering one from the UK.

well on qualcomm website it states that the Q10 is running a Snapdragon S4 Plus Processor..
BlackBerry Q10 | Snapdragon Powered Smartphones | Snapdragon

Originally Posted by uaegangster111

well on qualcomm website it states that the Q10 is running a Snapdragon S4 Plus Processor..
BlackBerry Q10 | Snapdragon Powered Smartphones | Snapdragon

Yup, just saw that. Just order one from the UK when it launches.

Well why would the middle east Q10 run a different CPU ??? can someone explain ??

Originally Posted by uaegangster111

Well why would the middle east Q10 run a different CPU ??? can someone explain ??

I honestly have no clue about this one.

Cortex A9 is a cpu architecture type or class, this is the branding used by a company called ARM who owns and licenses the ARM based CPU architecture . Qualcomm, Apple, NVIDIA, TI and others license it and built hardware processor based on the ARM specification. The cortex A9 is one such standard and most mobile CPU's currently available are built on A9 architecture. The processor from Qualcomm may be called S4 as part of its own branding but is a cortex A9 and so do TI's OMAP 44xx series

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could someone explain this
AnandTech | Qualcomm's New Snapdragon S4: MSM8960 & Krait Architecture Explored

Originally Posted by sf49ers

Cortex A9 is a cpu architecture type or class, this is the branding used by a company called ARM who owns and licenses the ARM based CPU architecture . Qualcomm, Apple, NVIDIA, TI and others license it and built hardware processor based on the ARM specification. The cortex A9 is one such standard and most mobile CPU's currently available are built on A9 architecture. The processor from Qualcomm may be called S4 as part of its own branding but is a cortex A9 and so do TI's OMAP 44xx series

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The only thing i want to know are all Q10'S run Qualcomm CPU ??? because there is a performance between the S4 and TI OMAP series ??

Originally Posted by uaegangster111

The only thing i want to know are all Q10'S run Qualcomm CPU ??? because there is a performance between the S4 and TI OMAP series ??

Actually there is no significant performance difference between the two chipsets, the main reason to prefer the s4 is the LTE support.

If you look around this board, you will find a post which lists all the q10 variants and they all support LTE of some kind which means that the q10 will contain an s4.

In Bahrain betelco they will offer the 4G model from the day one

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Can somebody give me correct model version (SQN100-x) for that one with TI OMAP cpu. Thx

Originally Posted by sf49ers

Cortex A9 is a cpu architecture type or class, this is the branding used by a company called ARM who owns and licenses the ARM based CPU architecture . Qualcomm, Apple, NVIDIA, TI and others license it and built hardware processor based on the ARM specification. The cortex A9 is one such standard and most mobile CPU's currently available are built on A9 architecture. The processor from Qualcomm may be called S4 as part of its own branding but is a cortex A9 and so do TI's OMAP 44xx series

ARM does two things - they either license out CPU designs (the actual blueprints) or they license out the architecture (more like guidelines).

TI, Samsung and Nvidia license ARM cores like the Cortex A9 and then add their own bits like GPUs and connectivity. That means they use ARM's own CPU blueprints in their SoCs.

Apple and Qualcomm are architecture licensees - they license the ARMv7 architecture and design their own cores that are compatible with it. Qualcomm's Krait cores in its Snapdragon SoCs are comparable to Cortex A9 and Cortex A15 cores. It's similar to AMD licensing the x86 architecture from Intel and building their own compatible CPUs without actually using Intel's designs. Intel has Pentium, AMD has Athlon, yet they're both compatible with each other.

I'm surprised Blackberry went with the TI SoC though. TI has left the consumer SoC business so it's an older design and the GPU performance is slower than the Snapdragon.

Originally Posted by blueberrymerry

ARM does two things - they either license out CPU designs (the actual blueprints) or they license out the architecture (more like guidelines).

TI, Samsung and Nvidia license ARM cores like the Cortex A9 and then add their own bits like GPUs and connectivity. That means they use ARM's own CPU blueprints in their SoCs.

Apple and Qualcomm are architecture licensees - they license the ARMv7 architecture and design their own cores that are compatible with it. Qualcomm's Krait cores in its Snapdragon SoCs are comparable to Cortex A9 and Cortex A15 cores. It's similar to AMD licensing the x86 architecture from Intel and building their own compatible CPUs without actually using Intel's designs. Intel has Pentium, AMD has Athlon, yet they're both compatible with each other.

I'm surprised Blackberry went with the TI SoC though. TI has left the consumer SoC business so it's an older design and the GPU performance is slower than the Snapdragon.

The big question is are all Q10's run a Snapdragon SoC ??

Somebody answer my question please :)

If this was about etisalat ae operator, don't worry. They're getting SQN100-3 = Qualcomm based

Originally Posted by borceg

If this was about etisalat ae operator, don't worry. They're getting SQN100-3 = Qualcomm based

Do you have the source ?

Originally Posted by uaegangster111

Do you have the source ?

They have only firmware for SQN100-3. And it's Qualcomm based.

Originally Posted by borceg

They have only firmware for SQN100-3. And it's Qualcomm based.

How did you know that ??

Originally Posted by borceg

Can somebody give me correct model version (SQN100-x) for that one with TI OMAP cpu. Thx

There isn't one, they all seem to be coming with LTE which implies they all use the qc s4.

This is the spec sheet on Etisalat website, it is cortex, but supports LTE
Attachment 155514

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Originally Posted by uaegangster111

How did you know that ??

I've got access to fw support. And fw can't be wrong :)

Originally Posted by NG888

This is the spec sheet on Etisalat website, it is cortex, but supports LTE
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It's Qualcomm based.

I've only skimmed the thread, so forgive me if there is some redundancy in my answer. First of all, there are two variants of the Z10 in terms of CPU, one running the Snapdragon and the other an OMAP. The Snapdragon actually uses a proprietary architecture called Krait which lies somewhere between that of ARM A9 and A15 cores. Consult this chart for specifics. Additionally, the Snapdragon is built on a more efficient 28nm process than the OMAP which is 45nm. The OMAP does not support LTE which is why it is used in the Z10 and Q10 models which do not support LTE.