ST-Ericsson & Nokia to deliver dual-core Windows Phones

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Qualcomm’s reign on Windows Phone chipsets is soon to end, as ST-Ericsson
have teamed up with Nokia to deliver new Windows Phones with their NovaThor platform on the inside. ST-Ericsson claim that their technology would help bring WP devices to new markets and price points.

As The Verge points out, the NovaThor line-up currently consist only of dual-core chipsets, which don’t exactly fit with the statement that they will be bringing it to new price points. The ST-Ericsson chips will no doubt have to go head-to-head with Qualcomm’s own Snapdragon series three chips that have already presented themselves in several Android devices, such as the HTC Sensation.

In case you’re wondering when you might be seeing dual-core Windows Phones, it’s still somewhat far down the track as rumors would have it. You’ll probably have to wait until Windows Phone “Apollo”, currently is slated for a 2012 release, which will support dual-cores with Windows Phone chassis 3. At this stage it looks like ST-Ericsson will be only delivering their chipsets to Nokia, so bad luck if you’re after one in your next HTC or Samsung device.

Oh, and for those people wondering, ST-Ericsson is a joint venture between STMicroelectronics and Ericsson; they are not the same company as phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson.

NOVATHOR™ U9500
FEATURES
Full HD 1080p camcorder, multiple codecs supported (H264 HP, VC-1, MPEG-4)
High-resolution, touchscreen display support up to WXGA
Simultaneous dual display support up to dual XGA
High performance 3D graphics
Dual camera support with Integrated ISP 20 Mpixel and 5 Mpixel
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and FM enabled platform
Built-in USB 2.0, HDMI out
Support for major operating systems
Optional support for mobile TV standards

TELECOM
-3GPP Rel 7
-GSM/EDGE quad band
-WCDMA/HSPA+ penta band support
-HSDPA 21 Mbps (cat 14)
-HSUPA 5.76 Mbps (cat 6)
-Rx diversity
-GRAKE2+ (Type 3i) advanced receiver with interference suppression
-CPC (DTX/DRX)
-Enhanced F-DPCH
-Enhanced CELL FACH
-Fast Dormancy (with cause indication)
-Voice supporting AMR-WB

TECHNOLOGY
-Highly efficient, low-power ARM® dual Cortex™- A9 processor
-Dual multimedia DSP for low-power, flexible media processing
-High-bandwidth LP-DDR2 interface
-ARM® Mali™ 400 GPU and NEON®CPU extensions
-Unique audio architecture with a wide range of audio codecs supported
-Advanced power saving architecture enabling class-leading audio and video --playback times

Block Diagram

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source: http://www.stericsson.com/products/u9500-novathor.jsp
http://www.neowin.net/news/st-ericsson--nokia-to-deliver-future-dual-core-windows-phones
 
This is great news, I expect nVidia Grey SoCs to be included in late 2012 too.

I can't wait to see what MS do in 2013, the next batch of SoCs are stupidly powerful, they're getting close to the xbox 360 for raw power.
Maybe we'll see the full range of Kinect sensors on the front/back of your phone? (3 dimensional video conferencing etc :D)
 
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