Qualcomm simply held a launch occasion in China referred to as “Snapdragon Night time,” the place the new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 platform was introduced.
The “plus” replace is a performance-kicker model of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 {hardware} platform and brings noticeable efficiency and energy effectivity enhancements.
These enhancements come from principally a two-pronged method to the chip’s growth. First, Qualcomm makes use of a new 4nm semiconductor course of at TSMC, which is even higher than the earlier Samsung’s 4nm one. Each platforms might be produced in parallel as a part of Qualcomm’s technique of producing diversification.
Secondly, the Qualcomm bodily design staff has had extra time to optimize the chip’s format and inner datapaths that may have maxed up at larger frequencies. In consequence, Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 reaches between 6% and 12% larger frequency clocks throughout varied items.
For context, the “bodily design” of the chip refers to how the transistors and wires are bodily laid out. On the similar time, the general logic of the design stays similar to the unique model. In brief, it’s higher constructed and manufactured.
These enhancements result in elevated efficiency, with Qualcomm claiming a 10% CPU efficiency enhance, a ten% GPU clock improve, and a much-improved energy effectivity (efficiency per Watt): as much as 30%, says Qualcomm.
This product’s energy effectivity is awe-inspiring as we often don’t see these numbers leap that a lot inside the similar era. Utilizing much less energy for a similar job additionally reduces the warmth and improves sustained efficiency. It means real-world gaming/XR isn’t as throttled as a result of warmth build-up. The handset cooling system considerably impacts this as nicely.
I’ve had some hands-on time with a few Qualcomm’s growth handsets, and we noticed benchmark numbers in keeping with the claimed velocity enhancements.
This new platform will permit Qualcomm’s clients to construct ultra-premium merchandise with the best possible Android efficiency and gross margins. You may count on the standard OEMs resembling Motorola, Honor, Xiaomi, or OnePlus to construct merchandise primarily based on this new SoC (full specs within the official PDF).
Concurrently, Qualcomm launched the brand new Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 platform, which serves the Premium smartphone market (vs. Excessive-Finish).
The purpose is to convey many high-end options to a lower cost level, together with Gaming or Digicam options which can be extremely coveted and are differentiators from an OEM advertising perspective.
For instance, Qualcomm says that Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 can render 3D 20% sooner than its predecessor, the Snapdragon 778G. Additionally, the brand new chip can assist Digicam seize of as much as 200 MP vs. 66MP earlier than). These are all very considerable beneficial properties inside an analogous value envelope.
Lastly, Qualcomm talked about throughout its briefing that its Body Movement Engine had been built-in into Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. It’s a {hardware} frame-interpolation characteristic that may improve the perceived video games FPS with out growing the graphics computations proportionally. It’s nice to protect battery life as nicely.
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