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Qualcomm is now saying that 64-bit computing is the future, after dismissing Apple’s 64-bit A7 processor last week.
Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Qualcomm, characterized Apple’s 64-bit A7 chip, which debuted in the iPhone 5S, as a “gimmick” last week in an IDG News Service story.
“I know there’s a lot of noise because Apple did [64-bit] on their A7. I think they are doing a marketing gimmick. There’s zero benefit a consumer gets from that,” Chandrasekher said in an interview.
Qualcomm is singing a different tune this week. The San Diego company issued the following statement Tuesday:
The comments made by Anand Chandrasekher, Qualcomm CMO, about 64-bit computing were inaccurate. The mobile hardware and software ecosystem is already moving in the direction of 64-bit; and, the evolution to 64-bit brings desktop class capabilities and user experiences to mobile, as well as enabling mobile processors and software to run new classes of computing devices.
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