It seems that Qualcomm anticipated the submission date of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Let’s find out all the details together.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2: Qualcomm has unveiled the release date?
Lo Snapdragon Summit is an annual conference where Qualcomm presents the latest technologies he’s working on, including a chipset which will power future Android flagships. On this occasion, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 should be present in the high-end phones of 2023 and, according to the San Diego chip maker’s events page, the Snapdragon Summit will be held since 14 to 17 November.
Considering Qualcomm’s history, the Flagship mobile SoC it is usually announced on the first day of the Snapdragon Summit; this means that the chipset could be presented on November 14. Qualcomm’s phone partners, such as Xiaomi, are also expected to attend the conference. During the event the company could provide a preview of its series of flagship con Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. In this case, premium smartphones will likely be called Xiaomi 13 e 13 Pro.
A preview of the successor of the Snapdragon 8cx 3for now without a name, but according to some previous reports this SoC would be a competitor of theM1. Qualcomm previously said it would leverage the acquisition of Bride to boost the performance of its future chipsets in an effort to counter Apple’s M series. As for information on the new chipset, Qualcomm will likely stick to architecture a 4 nm di TSMC to mass produce its next generation silicon.
According to the latest news, it looks like the new Snapdragon will boast one better energy efficiency e more performance. It could also be Qualcomm’s first SoC to sport a completely renovated CPU cluster, giving up the “1 + 3 + 4” configuration and switching instead to a “1 + 2 + 2 + 3” configuration. Whether or not this change will lead to substantial improvements is not known, so, as always, we will wait for the actual results.