Qualcomm has announced a new addition to its line of Snapdragon chipsets. The new chipset promises to improve the performance of smartphones and improve the battery life as well as enhancing both 2D and 3D graphics.

The chipset is called the Snapdragon QSD8650A and is expected to begin sampling by the end of 2009. The processor included with the chipset runs at 1.3GHz and offers 30% better performance than previous Snapdragon platforms.

In addition to offering better performance, the new Snapdragon chipset also consumes less power needing under 10 millwatts when in standby mode. Less power consumption in standby means that mobile phones running the new chipset will have better battery life. Other features of the chipset include GPS, HD video recording and playback, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi, and support for screen resolution sup to WXGA.

[via Qualcomm]