Qualcomm, the chipmaker whose SoCs energy practically a 3rd of all smartphones globally, is engaged on its subsequent technology flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. The corporate has now supplied an replace on the SoC, that may seemingly energy upcoming high-end Android telephones. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip will launch later this 12 months in October on the Snapdragon Summit. This traces up with Qualcomm’s regular launch cycle for its flagship cellular platform. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which powers high-end Android smartphones just like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely and OnePlus 12, launched in October 2023 on the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii.
In a video posted on X (previously Twitter) Wednesday on the sidelines of Cell World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Qualcomm’s Chief Advertising Officer Don McGuire confirmed the October 2024 launch timeline for the chipset.
The manager additionally reiterated that Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will characteristic Qualcomm’s customized Oryon CPU, first introduced on the Snapdragon Summit in 2022. “Snapdragon Summit is developing in October,” MGuire stated “…there’s going to be some actually cool stuff as our cellular platforms are reinvented with our Oryon CPU.” The manager stated that the corporate can be bringing its “supercharged” Oryon CPU together with an up to date Neural Processing Unit (NPU). “That is going to be a killer combo in our Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 announcement, which I am positive you guys cannot wait to listen to about,” he stated. “Coming in October 2024.”
Whereas particulars are sparse on Qualcomm’s subsequent flagship cellular platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is predicted to be designed utilizing TSMC’s 3nm fabrication course of, which Apple’s A17 Professional chipsets are based mostly on. It is going to characteristic the corporate’s Oryon CPU, unveiled in 2022 for Snapdragon platforms. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite platform for AI PCs, introduced eventually 12 months’s Snapdragon Summit, additionally utilises Oryon cores.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is predicted to energy upcoming flagship Android telephones like Samsung Galaxy S25, Xiaomi 15 collection, and Asus Zenfone 11. Qualcomm’s present top-end cellular platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, launched final 12 months in October. The chipset powers telephones just like the Galaxy S24 Extremely and OnePlus 12.
Qualcomm additionally unveiled a variety of recent generative AI options for Android smartphones on the MWC 2024 this week and launched a Qualcomm AI Hub that gives over 75 optimised AI fashions for its platforms.
The chipmaker occupies a 28 p.c share within the international smartphone chipsets market as of the third quarter of 2023, behind solely MediaTek, in accordance with Counterpoint Analysis.
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