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We always find it interesting what companies will announce when they’ve unveiled a particular product. Take, for example, the Samsung Galaxy S. When it was announced, it was by far the most powerful Android-based device known to exist. And then, sure enough, HTC and Sprint worked

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We always find it interesting what companies will announce when they’ve unveiled a particular product. Take, for example, the Samsung Galaxy S. When it was announced, it was by far the most powerful Android-based device known to exist. And then, sure enough, HTC and Sprint worked together to steal Samsung’s thunder by announcing the brother to the HD2, the EVO 4G. Sure, it may be the first combination WiMAX/3G device for Sprint, but truth be told, it’s the HD2 with some extra tweaks. The Galaxy S, on the other hand, is still holding some major secrets up its sleeve. Unfortunately, that’s not the best place for them.





During Samsung’s keynote, Omar Khan takes a brief moment to elaborate (rather quickly) on their 1GHz processor. Many would have believed he skipped over it so quickly because there isn’t much to talk about. That’s not the case. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. As it turns out, Samsung’s “Hummingbird” 1GHz processor actually has 3x the GPU of the industry standard Snapdragon platform. So, how’d they do it? They shoved their new S5PC110 application processor in there, which was announced last year. That processor contains an ARM Cortex-A8 core with a PowerVR SGX540 GPU. Due to its speed (at least we hope, anyway) the processor has been codenamed Hummingbird.

So far, the PowerVR SGX540 has only been introduced in two handsets: The Galaxy S and the Wave, both from Samsung. But, how does that compare to the other smartphones on the market, really? After all, “three times faster than any smartphone” is a pretty bold statement. The HTC Nexus One (Qualcomm QSD8×50 with Adreno 200) is running at 22 million triangles per second; the iPhone 3Gs (600 MHz Cortex-A8 with PowerVR SGX535) hits the mark at 28 million triangles per second; and finally, the Samsung Galaxy S (S5PC110 with PowerVR SGX540) runs at 90 million triangles per second. So, it looks like they’re pretty accurate. Hopefully we’ll be able to get our hands on the Samsung Galaxy S soon, and we’ll be able to give you an in-depth look at the device.

[via Android and Me]

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