On a par with the manufacturers of consumer devices market wearable electronics are engaged and developers of components, although not so active. Leadership is currently owned by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon solution with universal 400.
The overwhelming majority of smart watches is based on the chipset Snapdragon 400. This LG G Watch, LG G Watch R, Samsung Gear S, Samsung Gear Live and Asus Zenwatch. Knocked from the ranks of only Apple and Motorola. For Apple Watch, as we know, was developed a separate solution S1, and is used in Moto 360 ancient OMAP 3630, made on 46–nanometer process technology.
At position 400 Snapdragon is not surprising, since all processors Snapdragon line provide low power consumption, and therefore thrive in smartphones and in wearable gadgets – smart watches and smart glasses. However, Snapdragon 400 has redundant resources. Recall, this chipset with Adreno 305 graphics accelerator on board supports a resolution of 1280 x 800, although quite wearable electronics and 280 x 280 or 320 x 320 in the case of devices on Android Wear.
