Great fire dragon, here it is again.
Fast forward to the last month of 2021, Qualcomm 8 Gen 1 SoC is on the market, or the familiar Samsung process, but from 5nm to 4nm process. Although the two process names are not the same, in the end, Samsung's 4nm process is still an improved version of its 5nm process, and it is generally believed that the yield, power consumption and heat generation of Samsung's process are not as good as TSMC.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 has been criticized by the industry because its Snapdragon series SoC has a serious fever, and people send it nicknamed "Fire Dragon 888". Some people speculate that it may be caused by Qualcomm's technical problems, which directly adopt ARM's new super-large core Cortex-X1, and the powerful performance of the super-core also brings desperate heat, and even the situation of perming the palm skin.
However, the general view is that the originator of the fire dragon is Samsung, and it is not bad for Qualcomm. On the eve of the release of the Snapdragon 888, some media reported that Samsung's 5nm process suffered a yield problem, resulting in the release time of the Snapdragon 888 being delayed.
In short, the 888 is really hot, blame don't blame Qualcomm, blame Samsung.
The ordeal of 2021 is coming to an end, and in early December, Qualcomm's all-new generation of 8 Gen 1, it's coming.
Qualcomm said that this is a major improvement, stronger than strong, replaced by a new ARM v9 architecture, THE CPU is comprehensively improved, small core, large core, super core full update, AI performance is more than 2 times more, energy consumption ratio is improved, heat generation is reduced.
Graphics, gaming, video capabilities are comprehensively improved, and in general, the new generation of 8 Gen 1 is faster than fast, more calm than calm.
Is the dragon about to become history? Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be.
The well-known digital reviewer Ice Universe found that on the motorola flagship mobile phone Moto Edge X30, the first 8 Gen 1, the results of the extreme test found that the mobile phone is very hot, and 2022 may be a year when Android phones are very "hot".
Domestic digital evaluation media geek bay, through the "real running score software" "original god" test, want to get 640P full frame running experience, must suppress the higher power consumption of 7.6w, compared to the Apple A15 power consumption of 5.5w.
In addition, the maximum temperature of 8 Gen 1 also reached 48.7 °C, which is 0.6 °C lower than 888.
The good news is that Samsung's stretched production capacity gives people a little hope, Qualcomm will earn some orders to TSMC, will produce TSMC version of the 8 Gen 1, named 8 Gen 1+.
However, supply chain sources said, "mt6983 and sm8475 are still hot at present, and TSMC's 4nm power consumption is not much lower..."
This seems to be all proof that the big fire dragon thing may really be completely good for Samsung, and Qualcomm's responsibility is greater.
However, at present, the mobile phone equipped with Qualcomm 8 Gen 1 is only motorola edge X30, and it is necessary to see the measured performance of other manufacturers' products, subject to the actual situation.