[PChome mobile phone channel report] Snapdragon 8 is a processor commonly used in the current flagship mobile phone, which has a very top performance performance, but Snapdragon 8 is also trapped in heat problems, resulting in mobile phones can not be stable for a long time for high-performance output.
Some people attribute the heat of the Snapdragon 8 to Samsung's 4nm process, believing that Samsung's process has affected the performance of the Snapdragon 8. The upcoming Snapdragon 8 Plus processor, which will be released in May, may improve this problem, and this new processor will be manufactured using TSMC's 4nm process, which will certainly change in power consumption and heat performance.
According to channel sources, Snapdragon 8 Plus will be released in May, this processor is completely consistent with Snapdragon 8 in architectural design, the processor frequency will be higher, and the performance will naturally be slightly improved. The first model of this processor is likely to be the Xiaomi Mi 12 Ultra, which is expected to be released in May.
In addition to the Xiaomi Mi 12 Ultra, there are many new Mi phones that will be equipped with Snapdragon 8 Plus processors. The value of PlatformX475 appears in the MIUI source code, which represents the SM8475 platform, which is the Snapdragon 8 Plus. Under the PlatformX475, there are many new Xiaomi machine codenames, including Xiaomi 12 Ultra, Xiaomi MIX FOLD2, Xiaomi 12S, Xiaomi 12S Pro and Redmi K50S Pro, which are most likely equipped with Snapdragon 8 Plus processors.