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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus (MSM8960)

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Qualcomm MSM8960
Manufacturer Qualcomm
Name MSM8960
Architecture armv7
CPU 2x Krait 200 at 1.5GHz or
2x Krait 300 at 1.7 GHz
GPU Adreno 225
Year 2012
Process 28nm
Mainline yes
Components
CPU
SMP (bring up secondary CPU cores), CPU frequency scaling, CPUidle
Works
UART
Works
Storage
eMMC, SD cards, UFS, ...
Works
USB
Works
Display
Untested
GPU
Untested
Pinctrl
Works
I²C
Works
Audio
Untested
Video
Hardware-accelerated video de/encoding
Untested
Thermal
Partial
WiFi
Partial
Bluetooth
Partial
Modem
Calls, SMS, Internet
Untested
Camera
Untested

The Qualcomm MSM8960 (Snapdragon S4 series) is a high-end smartphone SoC in 2012. It contains two ARMv7 Krait 200 CPU cores at 1.5 and Krait 300 at 1.7 GHz for overclocked variants, an Adreno 225 GPU (400 MHz), a LPDDR2 memory controller (up to 500 MHz) and radio elements including LTE. The chip is produced in 28nm LP (low power process) at TSMC.

Variants

The names of these chips are quite simple. The second number stands for the modem: 0 for external, 2 for UMTS, 6 for UMTS + CDMA, and 9 for LTE. Unlike the MSM8930, the APQ8060AB, the MSM8260AB (usually offered as the MSM8260A Pro), the MSM8960T, the MSM8960AB (usually offered as the MSM8960T Pro), and the MSM8960DT are overclocked variants, all of which operate at 1.7 GHz. Only the overclocked variants of these chips are included in the Krait 300 series. The rest are in the Krait 200 series and include the APQ8060A, the MSM8260A, and the MSM8660A.

Note The AA suffix doesn't exist for APQ/MSM8x60
Warning WARNING: The APQ8060, MSM8260 and MSM8660 (without an A suffix) belong to the Scorpion family and not the Krait family.

There are different variants of SoCs, according to socinfo:

  • APQ8060A
  • APQ8060AB
  • MSM8260A
  • MSM8260AB
  • MSM8660A
  • MSM8660AB
  • MSM8960
  • MSM8960T
  • MSM8960AB (MSM8960T Pro)
  • MSM8960DT

Devices

Snapdragon S4 Plus (MSM8960)

Device Codename Category
Acer CloudMobile S500 acer-swing downstream
BlackBerry Limited Classic blackberry-q20
Casio G'zOne casio-ca201l
HTC One S htc-ville downstream
HTC One SV htc-k2ul downstream
HTC One XL htc-evita downstream
Motorola Photon Q motorola-asanti
NEC Terrain nec-terrain
Nokia Lumia 820 nokia-arrow
Nokia Lumia 920 nokia-phi
Nokia Lumia 925 nokia-catwalk
Pantech SKY VEGA S5 pantech-ef44
Samsung Ativ S samsung-i8750
Samsung Galaxy Express SGH-I437 samsung-expressatt testing
Samsung Galaxy S III (Verizon) samsung-d2vzw downstream
Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G samsung-apexq downstream
Samsung Galaxy SIII (US version, i747m) samsung-i747m downstream
Sony Xperia T sony-mint

Snapdragon S4 Pro (MSM8960T)

Device Codename Category
Sony Xperia SP sony-huashan testing

Snapdragon S4 Pro (MSM8960DT)

Device Codename Category
Motorola Moto X motorola-ghost downstream

See also