In a world where smartphones are becoming more and more featured, it left one to wonder how long it would take before the devices went the way of the personal computer and picked up another core or three. Wonder no more, as Sony Ericsson and ARM have announced the world"s first multi-core (or, SMP, Symmetric Multi Processing) CPU for mobiles.
This new CPU will be running in a device demonstrated at a private event, with Symbian OS installed, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This new developments means the future Sony Ericsson phones (and future phones in general) will be able to run more applications at once, whilst reducing the overall power consumption.
Vice President of Wireless Multimedia, Monica De Virigilis, has said that, "In anticipation of the growing demand for faster, feature-rich phones, ST-Ericsson has provided a highly optimized platform that can fully exploit the benefits offered by multi processing." She also noted, "Having multiple processing cores improves real-time performance and OS reactivity, creating much more responsive devices and a better user experience."
For more information, please check out the aforementioned link or await further announcements and details about the phone after the Mobile World Congress.