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How Quad core processors can make smartphones 'smarter'

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Smartphones are getting smarter and faster too. As de facto cameras they don't just click one photo at a time. They have the capability to take multiple photos in one click, that too in a second.

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Just days after HTC announced its new flagship smartphone - One X -  that clicks four pictures per second, Indian handset vendor Lava has brought out its Xolo X 900, capable of clicking 10 pictures per second.

Thanks to the ever increasing processor speeds on smarpthones. Now one can take multiple high resolution pictures and multi-task than ever before.

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Lava, which has launched a smarpthone based on Intel's Atom processor, claims its Xolo X 900 is the fastest one around.

"It is the fastest phone. The phone has a 1.6 GHz processor and 1 GB RAM. No other phone in market has this powerful processor," said Sunil Raina, Business Head of Lava Xolo series.

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He said Intel's new processor in smarpthones has Hyper Threading Technology which increases CPU speed, enables high speed browsing and better multi-tasking besides bringing energy efficiency.

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The Lava Xolo X 900 also has a graphics processor 400 Mghz. Raihna claims this to be the fastest graphical processor that any phone has besides assuring better visual performance and unparalleled gaming experience.

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"HTC's newest flagship product - HTC One X - also boasts of its amazing camera and authentic sound. It gets its power from Quad-core 1.5GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor. The quad-core architecture enables four performance cores to be used for maximum burst when needed, with each core enabled and disabled independently and automatically based on workload," says Faisal Siddiqui, Country head, HTC India.

Smartphones like Motorola Atrix 4G, LG Optimus X2 use dual core processors. A dual core processor is a combination of two 1 GHz processors, which can be used in parallel giving more power and speed to the device.

Naveen Mishra, senior manager, Telecom (Research and Consulting, Cyber Media Research says with the use of dual core processors in smartphones, these devices have become more powerful compared to their predecessors.  

CyberMedia Research telecom analysts label these smartphones as the 'second wave' of smartphones as they become capable of performing multiple functions. Going forward these devices will become as powerful as the present day laptops.

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