Qualcomm aims for Samsung phones with 3nm Snapdragon from TSMC
October 22, 2024
Qualcomm Inc. has announced its Snapdragon 8 Elite processor for use in smartphones. The chip uses 3nm manufacturing process from TSMC could drive Samsung’s Galaxy S25.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite includes the first time use of the Oryon CPU which comes in performance and power efficiency variants. The chip includes eight Oryon cores; two high-performance cores clocked at up to 4.32GHz and six additional cores that can reach up to 3.53GHz.
The chip includes the Hexagon NPU to support generative AI processing and an Adreno GPU for display rendering. It also supports AI-backed 5G and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity.
Smartphones based on the Snapdragon 8 Elite are expected to come to the market in the 4Q24 with the Samsung Galaxy S25 among the anticipated launches.
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