3G and next-generation mobile technologies firm Qualcomm is planning to introduce a Pro version of the Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 processor to enable capable mobile computing devices.

The S4 Pro processor features the Adreno 320 GPU, support for higher resolution displays, as well as hardware and software compatibility with the S4 class.

The Adreno 320 is a performance programmable GPU which provides improved user experience for Web browsing, games, user interfaces and other graphics applications and infuses the S4 Pro version with new multimedia capabilities, including computational camera.

Supporting the next-generation 3D graphics APIs, Adreno 320 will enable 3D graphic effects through hardware acceleration of rendering features like instancing, occlusion queries and multiple render targets.

The S4 Pro version of MSM8960 is optimised for the advanced operating systems, including Windows 8 system.