Qualcomm will quickly introduce its next-gen high-end cellular platform, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and nearly a month earlier than this occurs, right here’s some info on the upcoming chipset. The most recent rumor has it that it’s going to have two variants. Listed below are the main points.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Particulars Leaked
In accordance with a latest report by Gamma0burst, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset will are available each 3nm (N3E mode) and 4nm (N4P node) course of variants by TSMC. This may be fairly attention-grabbing as Qualcomm has hardly ever launched two variants of a chipset. The final time this occurred was with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 cellular platform, which was primarily based on Samsung’s 4nm course of and obtained one other variant (primarily based on TSMC’s 4nm course of) within the type of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. Though, these two had the identical CPU construction.
However this occurred in a niche of some months. It nonetheless stays to be seen if Qualcomm plans on releasing each variants of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 on the identical time or if completely different timelines and naming schemes are adopted. There are probabilities that Qualcomm may go to Samsung for its 3nm chipset since TSMC may not be capable to fulfill its calls for because it has reportedly blocked its chunk of manufacturing for Apple till December 2023.
At the moment, Apple is the one one to have made the 3nm A17 Professional Bionic chipset commercially accessible with the iPhone 15 Professional and the iPhone 15 Professional Max, thus, making Qualcomm the second to introduce its model. MediaTek has additionally introduced its 3nm chipset however neither its identify nor its technical particulars have been revealed as of now. It’s anticipated in 2024.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC is claimed to incorporate ARM’s Cortex X4 prime core, the Cortex-A720 efficiency CPU core, and the Cortex-A520 effectivity CPU. It’s mentioned to have a brand new 1+5+2 CPU structure and a most clock pace of 3.7GHz, which can improve over the three.36GHz of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. This might be paired with the Adreno 750 GPU. General, you’ll be able to anticipate vital efficiency and effectivity upgrades.
Concrete particulars relating to Qualcomm’s next-gen premium chipset stay unknown and we anticipate to get all the main points throughout the Snapdragon Summit scheduled to start on October 24. Therefore, it might be finest to attend till then for concrete particulars. We’ll preserve you within the loop, so, keep tuned.
