Google/Motorola now have their own X8 ARM processor, to debut in new Droids

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Something we didn?t see coming! Google subsidy Motorola announced at today?s Droid event that the new Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, and Droid Mini?smartphones would be powered by an in-house System-on-a-Chip (SoC). The new ?X8? 8-core processor has a dual core CPU, a quad core GPU and a separate processor for ?natural language processing? and it rounds out with?computing core to control them all.

Brian Klug from Anandtech says that the CPU is a Qualcomm Snapdragon.

Motorola says this processor will double graphics speed and boost CPU by about 25%.

More importantly, it will allow these new phones to ?always be listening? without draining the battery. Speaking of battery, did you hear that the new Droid Maxx has 48-hour battery life? Head over to the event roundup for all of the details. ?Image via Verge

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