Flagships equipped with Snapdragon 8 generation 2 will arrive earlier than expected
Qualcomm on its next flagship chip named Snapdragon 8 generation 2 Works; A chip that will be introduced in November (late November). Now a new rumor says that the flagships equipped with this chip will arrive in the same month of November, which is earlier than the launch of phones equipped with Snapdragon 8 generation 1 Is.
Qualcomm late last year from Snapdragon 8 generation 1 chip in cooperation Samsung unveiled Although this chip with lithography 4 nm It reached production, but had problems in the field of heat management. For this reason, Qualcomm came to the Plus version of this chip TSMC He went to show once again that he can make high-power and low-consumption products.
Now Qualcomm wants to introduce the next generation of its flagship chip and apparently wants flagships equipped with it to be launched earlier than in the past. One of the reliable sources of the world of technology called “Ice Universe” in New tweet He mentioned that phones equipped with this chip will probably be launched in November.
Meanwhile, Ice Universe pointed to the month of November, when the first phone equipped with Snapdragon 8 generation 1 was released in December 2021 and only in the Chinese market.
Possible specifications of Snapdragon 8 generation 2
If the rumors are true, Qualcomm will change the configuration of its next flagship chip and we will no longer face the 1 + 3 + 4 core configuration. Apparently, Qualcomm wants to go for a powerful core Cortex-X3two Cortex-A720 cores, two Cortex-A710 cores and three Cortex-A510 cores.
Although this configuration may not be the best in terms of efficiency, Qualcomm apparently wants to enable the latest flagships to support older Android apps. In addition, Ice Universe says that we will be dealing with a very impressive and highly optimized chip.
Other possible specifications of this flagship chip include the graphics processor Adreno 740 mentioned, although not much information is available about it.
The 2nd generation Snapdragon 8 will be of great importance to Qualcomm as all Samsung Galaxy S23 series phones are expected to be equipped with this chip. Therefore, it should be able to satisfy a wide range of users in terms of performance and energy consumption.