{"id":20035,"date":"2010-08-04T02:03:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T01:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=20035"},"modified":"2010-08-04T13:23:33","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T12:23:33","slug":"tmobiles-project-emerald-is-htc-glacier-has-a-dual-core-snapdragon-cpu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/tmobiles-project-emerald-is-htc-glacier-has-a-dual-core-snapdragon-cpu\/","title":{"rendered":"[ABT Exclusive]TMobile&#8217;s &quot;Project Emerald&quot; is HTC Glacier, has a dual-core Snapdragon CPU, three times faster than EVO 4G and benchmarks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n  google_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1949837292\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><\/span> HTC Glacier seems to have been removed from the GLBenchmark website results database. But all the pictures here show the results and details that were available on it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong><em>NOTE: <\/em><\/strong>The benchmark results below are for \u201cGLBenchmark Pro ES 1.1 CPU Skinning\u201d which is a CPU test. From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbenchmark.com\/tools.jsp?benchmark=glpro11\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.glbenchmark.com\/tools.jsp?benchmark=glpro11', 'official description of this test']);\" target=\"_blank\">official description of this test<\/a>, we believe that this test uses software skinning for character animation which is calculated entirely on the CPU. This would make this a test of the device\u2019s CPU and not the GPU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the evidence that we present to you below we can safely say now that TMobile\u2019s fabled \u201cProject Emerald\u201d is in fact the rumored HTC Glacier. HTC Glacier might be a codename for internal testing, and may change before release but we can safely agree on few important details about the hardware.<\/p>\n<p>While browsing the GLBenchmark 1.1 results database, I came across a curious result for a device name I had not heard previously, the \u201cHTC Glacier\u201d. The benchmark score is very impressive for a HTC Device, as no other top 1 GHz Snapdragon smartphone is anywhere near this result. Have a look at the score compares to few of the other top smartphones and the venerable HTC G1 that started it all for Android.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tmobileprojectemeraldgla.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"tmobile-project-emerald-gla\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tmobileprojectemeraldgla_thumb.png?resize=550%2C200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"tmobile-project-emerald-gla\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tmobileprojectemeraldht.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"tmobile-project-emerald-ht-\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tmobileprojectemeraldht_thumb.png?resize=550%2C200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"tmobile-project-emerald-ht-\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>(Click on Image to enlarge)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Recently, Qualcomm issued a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qualcomm.com\/news\/releases\/2010\/06\/01\/qualcomm-ships-first-dual-cpu-snapdragon-chipset\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.qualcomm.com\/news\/releases\/2010\/06\/01\/qualcomm-ships-first-dual-cpu-snapdragon-chipset', 'press release']);\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> that it had begun sampling the third-generation dual-core Snapdragon\u2019s to partners. Now, it\u2019s well known that HTC uses Qualcomm chipsets and SOCs in it\u2019s smartphones which would put it in a prime position to receive these new snapdragons from Qualcomm.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffff00\"><strong><em>So why do we believe that HTC Glacier contains this new dual-core Snapdragon ?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Look at the EVO 4G (powered by a 1 GHz Snapdragon) score on the CPU test, 516 frames. The HTC Glacier\u2019s score is 1432 frames which is around three times that of HTC\u2019s fastest device at present. This can only be achieved by a dual core CPU.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffff00\"><strong><em>So which Snapdragon is it ? Dual-Core 1.5 GHz or Dual-core 1.2 GHz ?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Let\u2019s assume that the score would increase linearly with clock speed of the CPU and would double for 2 cores.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ccffff\"><em>Scenario 1:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, let\u2019s assume that the HTC Glacier has the new dual core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon. Multiply 516 by 1.2 to get the score for a single core and multiply with 2 since the CPU has two cores. Here\u2019s the math below in a nutshell.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Score from a 1 GHz core = 516 frames<\/p>\n<p>Assumed score from a 1.2 GHz core = 516 x 1.2 =&gt; 619.2 frames<\/p>\n<p>Assumed score from two 1.2 GHz cores = 619.2 x 2 =&gt; <strong>1238.4 frames<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Difference between real score and assumed score = 1432 \u2013 1238.4 =&gt; 193.6 frames<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These extra 193.6 frames could have come from architecture tweaks made by Qualcomm to it\u2019s Snapdragon CPU.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ccffff\"><em>Scenario 2:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, let\u2019s assume that the HTC Glacier has the new dual core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon. Multiply 516 by 1.5 to get the score for a single core and multiply with 2 since the CPU has two cores. Here\u2019s the math below in a nutshell.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Score from a 1 GHz core = 516 frames<\/p>\n<p>Assumed score from a 1.5 GHz core = 516 x 1.2 =&gt; 774 frames<\/p>\n<p>Assumed score from two 1.2 GHz cores = 774 x 2 =&gt; <strong>1548 frames<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Difference between real score and assumed score = 1432 \u2013 1548 =&gt; <strong>&#8211;<\/strong>116 frames<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So by the above scenario, the score is lacking by 116 frames. This could be explained that the benchmark might not be able to take full advantage of both cores and might need some work on optimizing it for dual core architecture.<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to note how close the score of the single-core Hummingbird processor in the Samsung Vibrant is to this new dual-core Snapdragon processor.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffff00\"><strong><em>How can we say this is T-Mobile\u2019s Project Emerald ?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We do not have explicit confirmation on this, but our investigation has lead us to believe that this phone is definitely headed to T-Mobile. The rumors that we have heard from people and around the internet have indicated that \u201cProject Emerald\u201d is a dual-core CPU HTC device, which is why we are putting our money on HTC Glacier to be the \u201cProject Emerald\u201d device.<\/p>\n<p>The user that uploaded the results for this phone to GLBenchmark.com, used the username \u201cmbibik\u201d. Have a look at the history of devices tested by\u201dmbibik\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tmobileprojectemeraldhtc.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"tmobile-project-emerald-htc\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tmobileprojectemeraldhtc_thumb.png?resize=550%2C336\" border=\"0\" alt=\"tmobile-project-emerald-htc\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>(Click on Image to enlarge)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>All the previous devices tested by this user have two things in common. They are made by HTC and are sold by T-Mobile in the USA. A quick search for \u201cmbibik tmobile\u201d brings up few results, one of which is the <a href=\"www.linkedin.com\/in\/mbibik\" target=\"_blank\">this LinkedIn<\/a> profile of \u201cMike Bibik\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tmobileprojectemeraldlin.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"tmobile-project-emerald-lin\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tmobileprojectemeraldlin_thumb.png?resize=550%2C268\" border=\"0\" alt=\"tmobile-project-emerald-lin\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Voila! Mike works at T-Mobile. So all this evidence points to HTC Glacier arriving on the T-Mobile in the near future. Given HTC\u2019s latest success with big screen phones (HTC HD2, EVO 4G are sold out everywhere), I would expect this to continue the trend especially with the HD2 being discontinued on T-Mobile.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s more info about the HTC Glacier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/htcglaciereglinfob.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"htc-glacieregl-info-b\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/htcglaciereglinfob_thumb.png?resize=550%2C974\" border=\"0\" alt=\"htc-glacieregl-info-b\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/htcglaciertmobilesystem.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"htc-glacier-tmobile-system-\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/htcglaciertmobilesystem_thumb.png?resize=550%2C202\" border=\"0\" alt=\"htc-glacier-tmobile-system-\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/htcglaciereglinfo.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"htc-glacieregl-info-\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/htcglaciereglinfo_thumb.png?resize=550%2C244\" border=\"0\" alt=\"htc-glacieregl-info-\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><em>(Click on Image to enlarge)<\/em><\/em><\/h6>\n<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n google_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1949837292\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=20035\" target=\"_blank\">AlienBabelTech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a detailed analysis on the Snapdragon, Hummingbird and OMAP architecture please read the following articles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=17125\" target=\"_blank\">Hummingbird vs. Snapdragon: The 1 GHz Smartphone Showdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=19309\" target=\"_blank\">Ruminations on various benchmarks for the OMAP 3600s, Hummingbird, and Snapdragon<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Folding@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 164304<\/li>\n<li>SETI@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 138705<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1', 'World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech']);\" target=\"_blank\">World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: HTC Glacier seems to have been removed from the GLBenchmark website results database. But all the pictures here show the results and details that were available on it. NOTE: The benchmark results below&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2533,6,3228],"tags":[2226,4023,4024,4018,4022,2611,4021,3402,4019,4020,4017,381,1413,2603],"class_list":["post-20035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abt-news","category-news","category-rumors","tag-cell-phone","tag-dual-core-cpu","tag-dual-core-smartphone","tag-dual-core-snapdragon","tag-glacier","tag-htc","tag-htc-glacier","tag-hummingbird","tag-hummingbird-vs-snapdragon","tag-magenta","tag-project-emerald","tag-smartphone","tag-snapdragon","tag-tmobile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}