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| Qualcomm has officially announced the most powerful Snapdragon 888 processor |
Qualcomm today unveiled its latest Snapdragon 888 processor for flagship smartphones at the Snapdragon Technology Summit on Tuesday, which kicks off next year.
The Snapdragon 888 processor is expected to power the major Android phones launched by Samsung, OnePlus, LG, Sony, and others in 2021.
Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 888 processor has significantly improved support for 5G networks, as it has, for the first time, built-in 5G modem that differs from the previous processor (Snapdragon 865) and this requires the company to use one. Separate modem chipset to support internal cell phones. The fifth generation network.
The new Snapdragon 888 processor will include the Qualcomm X60 modem that was announced earlier this year. The modem uses 5nm manufacturing technology aimed at improving energy efficiency and improving support for 5G networks of multi-wave spectrum combinations. And less than 6 GHz.
Between the new 5nm architecture and the power efficiency achieved by the integrated modem, the new processor appears to offer a fundamental improvement in battery life when using 5G networks.
In addition to the improvements to 5G, Qualcomm also mentioned several other features of the Snapdragon 888 processor, such as the sixth-generation AI engine, which is expected to make a huge jump in performance and power consumption upon the upgrade. Carrying out internal audit tasks.
(Snapdragon 888) also has Qualcomm's largest Adreno GPU upgrade, but the company hasn't identified those improvements. The processor also has new imaging capabilities, for example recording about 120 frames per second at 12 megapixels.
As the Snapdragon Technology Summit continues tomorrow (Wednesday), Qualcomm is expected to announce new processor features.