how to minimize your app’s power consumption.pdf

1 Rick Schwartz, Senior Product Manager Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. How to minimize the power consumption of your app Mobile trends 3 Mobile trends resulting in increased power consumption High end processor speeds increased from 1.5 GHz to 2.3 GHz over a 16 month period The number of cores in mobile devices have increased 3 of the past 4 years Mobile displays are getting larger and higher in resolution − HD (1280x720) FHD (1920x1080) QHD (2560x1440) Some mobile devices now designed to work 24/7 − Tracking location − Listening for voice commands − Integrated step counters track movement A single mobile processor can replace several discrete chips Source: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. data 4 Processor speed and number of cores has changed dramatically Processor specs for flagship Android devices by year 3 8 80% increase in processor speeds Frequency 2.5 7 Cores 6 2 Frequency