[One (M7) General] aliHTCDHD:
Qualcomm have released their S600 and it turns out that I was right about quad A-15 being to powerful for mobile phones. When we speculated about tegra 4 being in HTC One I knew it was going to be the S600 for two reason:

1-after seeing the exynos dual A15 having thermal issues I knew a quad A15 would be to much unless they down clock it to 1.3 Ghz like Exynos Octa so the only cpu that was on the cards was S600 or the last gen S4 pro but I knew it wasn't that.

2-the second thing that caught my eye was the AC WiFi that kept on being rumoured on the spec sheet I knew it couldn't be the tegra 4, s4pro or S800 it could only be the S600 since that only supports it.

When the S600 was released it was perfect for mobile phones cause it didn't draw too much power but it wasn't to far behind the the A15. Then theirs the S800 which will be as powerful as the A15 if not faster which will be released in Q3. Once this is released consumers will be allowed to have phones as powerful as the A15 without drawing too much power. Then when 2014 comes all phones will still be using the A15 but on a 22-20nm size but they won't be any powerful than the 2013 cpu's because they wil also be A15 the only diffence will be they will be able to be place A15 power within a phone which Qualcomm will have done 6 months earlier with their s800.

When tegra 4 comes out and the exynos 6 it will not be powerful cpu wise as the successor of the S800 by then not only will have Qualcomm and apple will have those cpu on the 20-22nm die they will have outperformed the A15. Only till 2015 will we see the successor of the Arm A15. The only thing that will be upgraded in 2014 for those who use Arm architecture will be gpu and die size, this is already confirmed for the tegra 5 which will use the same cpu as tegra 4 but with a smaller die size and a much powerful gpu while apple and Qualcomm enjoy outdoing their competitors in the cpu area in late 2013 with A7 and s800 let alone those that will be released in 2014 by Qualcomm and apple.

The only fight exynos and tegra have going for them in 2013 is gpu and only one will be the winner which most probably will be tegra 4 with its kepler architecture. Qualcomm, apple, nvidia and exynos cannot be compared because Qualcomm and apple make custom chips for both mobile and tablets in mind while exynos and nvidia just want a lot of raw power like the exynos Octa and tegra 4 which can only be used to thier advantage on a tablet.

I do think tegra 4 and 5 are good but only for gaming purposes they don't come close to apple and Qualcomm overall (cpu,gpu,power consumption,DAC,imaging processor,lte) which are custom made which have a lot of advantages over their competition. I myself to be honest I am a Qualcomm fan not because I don't like Exynos or nvidia but because overall I don't think anyone comes close except apple. Qualcomm may have been beating in the SOC arena in 2011 with their scorpion processors but ever since 2012 their cpu and gpu without doubt are impressive. Many people who are on this threat use to criticize Qualcomm for their lack in gpu power and after reading some comments I think I am confident enough to say they have done well. I have been asked one question which is why would cpu's need to be any powerful than they already are? Just to stay on of the competition. I myself believe no such thing as too much cpu or gpu power. I think this year and next Qualcomm will be in every device, Nvidia really needs to do something quick.

http://www.extremetech.com/computin...rtex-a57-tape-out-chip-launching-no-time-soon