Qualcomm, the chip maker whose SoCs energy practically a 3rd of all smartphones on the planet, is engaged on its next-generation flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. The corporate has now offered an replace to the SoC, which is able to probably energy the following high-end Android. telephones. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip might be launched later this yr in October on the Snapdragon Summit. That is consistent with Qualcomm's traditional launch cycle for its flagship cell 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) on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Cell World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Qualcomm's Chief Advertising Officer Don McGuire confirmed the launch timeline of October 2024 for the chipset.
The chief 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 in October,” MGuire mentioned “… there might be issues actually attention-grabbing as our cell platforms are reinvented with our Oryon CPU.” The chief mentioned the corporate will carry its “supercharged” Oryon CPU with an up to date Neural Processing Unit (NPU). “This might be a killer combo in our Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 announcement, which I'm positive you may't wait to listen to about,” he mentioned. “Coming in October 2024.”
Whereas particulars are scarce on Qualcomm's upcoming flagship cell platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is anticipated to be designed utilizing TSMC's 3nm manufacturing course of, which Apple's A17 Professional chipsets are primarily based on. It should study the corporate's Oryon CPU, offered in 2022 for Snapdragon platforms. Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite platform for AI PCs, introduced finally yr's Snapdragon Summit, additionally makes use of Oryon cores.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is anticipated to energy flagship Android telephones corresponding to Samsung Galaxy S25, Xiaomi 15 sequence, and Asus Zenfone 11. Qualcomm's present flagship cell platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, launched final yr 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 at MWC 2024 this week and launched a Qualcomm AI Hub that gives greater than 75 AI fashions optimized for its platforms.
The chipmaker will maintain a 28 p.c share of the worldwide smartphone chipset market by the third quarter of 2023, behind solely MediaTek, based on Counterpoint Analysis.
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