As we all know, the key to supporting the performance of a smartphone lies in that small chip. Speaking of mobile phone chips, with the development and progress of technology, it has now entered the 4nm era. A few days ago, Qualcomm launched a new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform at the Snapdragon Technology Summit, which is a mobile phone chip with a 4nm process process. It is also the world's first mobile platform to support download speeds of up to 10Gbps. For the Android high-end flagship market, Snapdragon core has become synonymous with high performance. The launch of the new Snapdragon 8 is destined to attract much attention.
There are many mobile phone manufacturers in China, all of which are old partners of Qualcomm Snapdragon. For example, xiaomi, OPPO, vivo and other brands have already announced during the 2021 investor conference that they will continue their cooperation in the next two years. The new Snapdragon 8 was launched, and these manufacturers also said that they would use this mobile platform to create high-end flagship products. This does not seem surprising. The reason is that one is because the performance of the new Snapdragon 8 is strong; the other is that many manufacturers have cooperated with Snapdragon for a long time, and the run-in between the two sides is more tacit, and the manufacturer has more room to play and can create unique differentiated and competitive products for their own brands.
The new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform as the successor of the previous generation of Android performance king Snapdragon 888, performance to a higher level. Compared with the previous generation of products, the new Snapdragon 8 has achieved all-round performance improvements. The cpu performance is increased by 20% and the power consumption is reduced by 30%, and the GPU performance is increased by 30% and the power consumption is reduced by 30%. In addition, the new Snapdragon 8 also integrates Qualcomm X65 5G baseband, equipped with the 7th generation AI engine, artificial intelligence performance increased by 4 times!
For 5G, which everyone is more concerned about, this is the field that Qualcomm has continued to lead for many years. The initial 5G research and development, and then to the formal commercial use, Qualcomm has played a vital role. In terms of 5G connectivity, as early as the previous generation of the Snapdragon 888, the built-in Snapdragon X60 5G baseband has been able to achieve compatibility with Sub-6G and millimeter wave. The fourth-generation Snapdragon X65 5G baseband used by the new Snapdragon 8 not only supports hybrid carrier aggregation of Sub-6G and millimeter wave, but also reaches 10Gbps download speed. The new Snapdragon 8 becomes the world's first 5G solution to comply with the 3GPP Release 16 specification!
It can be said that the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform is another breakthrough for the king. Adopting 4nm process technology, the performance is improved in all directions, and the power consumption is also reduced. This has more room for the research and development of future intelligent terminals. For now, the 4nm Android flagship SoC is clearly the new Snapdragon 8 standing at the peak of performance. The Same 4nm flagship chip, the Tianji 9000, is more than one step behind. Although they all run more than one million points, their own performance is insufficient, and it is difficult to reach the height of the new Snapdragon 8 in 5G. No wonder so many manufacturers will give priority to the new Snapdragon 8 to create flagship products.
As of now, the performance of Android flagship mobile phones is in the top ten, and it is still the Snapdragon 888 mobile phone and the Snapdragon 888 Plus mobile phone sitting firmly on the throne. A year later, the Snapdragon 8 series mobile phone can be said to be brilliant and unlimited. As a stronger generation, the performance and power control of the new Snapdragon 8 are better. I believe that the next generation of flagship products empowered by the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform will not disappoint everyone.