Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 could have a killer GPU
Adreno GPU at its best
According to the latest rumor, it appears that Qualcomm's next-generation flagship mobile SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, could have an impressive GPU performance, running some GPU-intensive games at native 1080p resolution.
Qualcomm officially unveils Snapdragon X Plus SoC
Coming alongside Snapdragon X Elite in mid-2024
As expected, Qualcomm shared a bit more details about its upcoming Snapdragon X Series platform and the Snapdragon X Plus SoC, a 10-core version based on Oryon CPU architecture. The Snapdragon X Plus is expected to come in OEM devices starting mid-2024, alongside Snapdragon X Elite-based devices.
Qualcomm officially announces Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 SoC
With Cortex-X4 Prime core and on-device AI
Qualcomm has announced its latest mid-range chipset, the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, giving it a single Cortex-X4 Prime core and adding on-device AI capabilities, pushing it much closer to the flagship Snapdragon 8 series SoCs.
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
More performance, higher efficiency, and the latest connectivity
During its annual Snapdragon Summit 2022, Qualcomm has unveiled its latest flagship mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, bringing performance and efficiency improvements all across the board.
Dimensity 9000 fails to prove its premium chipset
Lacks in GPU, 5G, imaging, features
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 got a lot of coverage, and the marketing machine is trying to promote this chipset as a premium. Guess what? Dimensity 9000 is not a premium chipset as it suffers from stitched stock Cortex IP, stock Mali GPU, lack of premium phone design wins, and, most importantly, too optimistic SoC clocks. The clocks, especially the mid-cluster, might get the company in trouble due to the high energy drain.
Qualcomm gets serious about gaming on Snapdragon
Brings desktop-level features to Snapdragon platform
During the second day of its annual Snapdragon technology summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm touched a topic of mobile gaming, and it appears that the company is quite serious about tapping this big and lucrative market, bringing desktop-level features to the Snapdragon platform and offering mobile gamers performance, quality and unique set of features.
Surface Pro X is the tweaked Snapdragon 8CX
Tuned up and rebranded
A Microsoft hardware event revealed the latest Intel, ARM and AMD based products and Surface Pro X based on ARM caught a lot of attentio. To set things straight, the Microsoft SQ1 is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8CX.
Asus ROG Phone II pictured
Snapdragon 855 Plus phone comes July 23
The Snapdragon 855 Plus phone era is starting on the July 27th with the launch of the Asus ROG Phone II.
Asus announces ROG Phone II
Snapdragon 855 Plus based
Qualcomm just announced the Snapdragon 855 Plus that features 15 percent faster GPU, and Asus just announced its first ROG Phone II.
AMD goes back to mobile with Samsung
Signs a partnership for RDNA graphics architecture and more
AMD and Samsung have announced a surprising "strategic partnership" which will give Samsung access to custom graphics IP based on AMD's new RDNA graphics architecture for use in mobile devices as well as access to other AMD technologies.