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Didn't seem to matter to them when nVidia beat Qualcomm out the door with a dual-core chip last year. Plus, they only get to claim the bullet point for Europe;

Didn't seem to matter to them when nVidia beat Qualcomm out the door with a dual-core chip last year. Plus, they only get to claim the bullet point for Europe; presuming AT&T is requiring LTE, their choices are: a) Wait for a quad-core Krait. Given HTC's close relationship with Qualcomm, they likely know it won't be for a while b) Wait for a Tegra-compatible LTE chip, which hasn't been proven in the market yet. Still late to market, and with parts of questionable integrity. c) Fall back on the dual-core chip and ship now. Lose a bullet point in the US market, but actually be on the market.

wmf 15y ago
The sad part is that Krait is faster, so in this case better marketing leads to a worse product.
rsynnott 15y ago
> Didn't seem to matter to them when nVidia beat Qualcomm out the door with a dual-core chip last year. When the Tegra 2 showed up, it was not generally considered suitable for phones; the one found in a few phones is a slightly different model to the original. Also, the Tegra 2 was quite flawed; it lacked NEON, in particular, hurting software compatibility. It's also possible that supplies of the S4 are restricted; it's a 28nm part, and TSMC's rollout of their 28nm process hasn't gone as smoothly as they might like. The Tegra 3 is 40nm, which is now a mainstream process.