The newly announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile platform brings fast 5G speeds, Wi-Fi 6 and 6E, new AI processing unit, and new camera features such as support for “Bokeh Engine” for video, up to 8K30 or 4K120fps, support for 10-bit HDR, and more. The first phones with the new Snapdragon are coming in early 2022 starting with Xiaomi 12, OnePlus 10, and others. Over the past few years we have gotten used to mobile phones being so much more than phone-calls-devices – they became very powerful pocketable computers that can do so much. In fact, smartphones keep annihilating whole categories of other products by doing their job much better in a smaller package – R.I.P. small point-and-shoot cameras. At the forefront of this revolution are, among other things, powerful and energy-efficient mobile CPUs. When it comes to mobile phone processors, the US company Qualcomm and especially its Snapdragon CPU line is one of the biggest players in the industry. Except for Apple, which designs its own smartphone chips, almost all other smartphone manufacturers build their products around Snapdragon CPUs. Recently, Qualcomm announced a new generation CPU – Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The impressive list of its specs and features shows us what we can expect from the next generation of flagship smartphones and, oh boy, are we in for a treat. Let’s take a look, shall we? Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 With the new Snapdragon, Qualcomm seems to have changed the naming scheme for its most powerful...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 6 December, 2021