In this Internet age, there is one thing that has become a must-have item for everyone, and that is the smartphone. Previously, a news released by CCTV showed that the average daily use of mobile phones by domestic adults is 100.75 minutes, although it seems that although it is only more than an hour, it is actually far more than this, many users use time far more than 100 minutes, and game time accounts for a large part of the proportion. Therefore, while many consumers start mobile phones, the requirements for GPU performance even exceed the CPU and image performance, and many IC companies also use the GPU as the focus of research and development of a chip.
In the Android camp, Qualcomm's flagship chips of each generation of Snapdragon are almost the standard of Android flagship models of major manufacturers, and can always occupy a favorable position in the performance rankings, not only that, Qualcomm is also the only IC company in the Android camp that has the ability to independently develop GPUs.
The release of the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, abandoning the 4-year-old Adreno 600 series, using the latest Adreno 700 series, compared with the previous generation, the performance is increased by 30%, the power consumption is reduced by 25%, and in the actual test environment, the GPU score of the new Snapdragon 8 on the 3D mark wild life has exceeded Apple's A15, which is 79% higher than that of the previous generation Of snapdragon 888.
With the substantial improvement of the performance of the new Snapdragon 8 GPU, perhaps this time, mobile games will enter a "new era", why say so?
As we all know, many game companies will develop mobile games that will appear and run smoothly based on the current mainstream GPU architecture in order to take precautions, and the Adreno 600 series here is the "test" platform for major mobile phone manufacturers. According to industry practice, the development cycle of a 3A mobile game is about 2-4 years, and Qualcomm's Adreno 600 series also happens to take 4 years, after the emergence of the Adreno 700 series, that is to say, we do not have to wait long to experience the better quality of the 3A mobile game works, after all, game developers also need to seize the Adreno 700 series to carry out the development of new games.
The release of Snapdragon 8 also integrates the fourth generation of Snapdragon Elite Gaming, which is not a simple technology, but a combination of technical features optimized for mobile games, which introduces the stereoscopic rendering technology commonly seen in PC games, which can make the main body of the game closer to the actual physical reality, so that the game can present a more realistic picture, such as smoke can drift between the mountains and forests of the game. In addition, the Adreno image motion engine, variable resolution rendering advanced version, etc., while ensuring the resolution of the game, makes the frame rate of the game higher, the picture is smoother, and will also reduce the load of the GPU and reduce the overall power consumption of the mobile phone.
It is also worth noting that due to Qualcomm's high "customization" ability to its own Adreno GPU, Qualcomm previously announced that it will launch the Unreal Engine 5 mobile version for Snapdragon 8 in conjunction with the Unreal Engine team in 2022, and Qualcomm has also developed a dedicated optimization for Screen Space Ambient Occlusion that simulates ambient light interaction in AAA games, plus a new generation of Snapdragon Elite Gaming, the seventh generation of AI engines, etc., Qualcomm multi-faceted simultaneous efforts, for game developers to provide a high-quality display platform, which greatly improves the developer's development efficiency of AAA games. I believe that it will not be long before mobile games will enter a new era.
It can be said that in the process of promoting mobile games into a new era, Qualcomm not only provides mobile phone chips, but also provides AAA game development solutions. The reason why Qualcomm is very persistent about the mobile game industry is because in addition to mobile phones and tablets, Qualcomm has also launched the Snapdragon G3x Gen1 game handheld development kit. It can be said that Qualcomm is brewing a game revolution, and a new era of mobile gaming is coming!