The ATIV Odyssey is equipped with a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor to quickly access the Internet, stream music and download content at blazing speeds using the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.
Combined with 4G LTE speeds and a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Krait dual-core processor, first-time smartphone users can stream video, update their social media profiles, read reviews and more in seconds.
"It has a little bit of an Itanium feeling to it, " AMD's director of stream computing Patricia Harrell says, referring to an Intel processor design that has fallen well short of its early expectations.
Most neighbouring pixels are no longer neighbours in such a data stream, so comparing them is a long-winded business, since the processor has to hunt down the relevant information before it starts.