With the rapid development of the 5G era, many industries will undergo metamorphosis with the substantial improvement of network speed, streaming media is a typical, the faster the network speed, the higher the video pixels, the smoother the playback. The rapid deployment of 5G networks has accelerated the landing of 8K ultra-clear video technology in China. In the hot network of short video industry, in fact, overseas streaming media giant YouTube has supported the playback of 8K videos in 2015, known as the "Chinese version of YouTube" B station, but also took the lead in opening the 8K video upload entrance to video bloggers, in order to improve the user's viewing experience.
When it comes to 8K, I believe that many netizens feel both familiar and strange, because the resolution of the vast majority of users' mobile phones is only 1080P, and the resolution of high-end mobile phones is only 2K. However, in the field of PC monitors, it has already entered the 4K era, and the hdTV industry has entered the 8K ultra-Clear era early.
The so-called 8K, in fact, this refers to the clarity of digital images, 2K resolution of 2048×1024, that is, the horizontal resolution of about 2000, 4K resolution of 3840×2160, and 8K reached a staggering 7680×4320, and 8K video can completely restore the light, human skin texture and other details to be more realistic, so that users have an immersive experience when watching the movie.
It is worth noting that although going from 4K to 8K will bring users a new visual experience, this process faces many serious challenges. For example, short video platforms need higher bandwidth support, need to improve the compression ratio of video, etc., but in terms of technology and resources, these are relatively easy to achieve, and it is important to expand the layout of the 8K content ecology.
In this regard, we have to mention the emergence of Qualcomm's new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, under the 8K era, Snapdragon 8 is on the right path, it is likely to be the key to open the 8K era, bringing more opportunities for video creators and content platforms, how to say it?
Snapdragon Sight image technology integrated by Snapdragon 8, 3 ISPs upgraded from 14bit to 18bit, more than 4,000 times more dynamic image capture capabilities, can process 3.2 billion pixels per second, and also support 8K HDR+, 4K 120 frames of video recording. It is worth noting that the significant improvement in energy efficiency has reduced the power consumption of snapdragon 8 in the 8K video recording process by 50%, completely solving the problem of "being able to top a few minutes" before.
In fact, the Spectra ISP of Snapdragon 8 can easily handle data streams higher than 8K, and when recording 8K video, the extra picture data is not wasted, but is used to optimize the picture of 8K video, when the picture shakes, excess data can maintain the stability of 8K video.
Not only that, the computational photography brought by Snapdragon 8 also brings users a different video experience in the low-light environment, such as the "Night Owl Algorithm" brought by Xiaomi 12Pro, which focuses on the restoration and exposure control of color in the low-light environment, so that the Xiaomi 12Pro can clearly capture wonderful pictures when recording video in a low-light environment, which is completely comparable to professional video equipment.
Of course, with the advent of the 8K era, the upload of video has become a very difficult problem, the size of a 5-minute 8K video clip file is about 3GB, for many home broadband users, a single upload takes about 20 minutes. However, the X65 baseband integrated by snapdragon 8 can reach an upward peak of 3.5Gbps, making uploading 8K video a "handy" thing.
The continuous acceleration of 5G commercialization, from ultra-clear display panels to video content creation, every link plays an extremely important role, and the new Snapdragon 8 empowers video creators, which is undoubtedly the last key to opening the 8K era!