Qualcomm will hold a new event on May 20 in China, as announced in Chinese microblogging network Weibo.
Qualcomm is expected to introduce the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ s Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 in the said event.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1+ It will be the mid-year update to the company’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, which was introduced last year in December.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen1, meanwhile, will be the company’s first 7-series processor with the new nomenclature. The brand announced the new naming scheme for the Snapdragon processor lineup at the Snapdragon Tech Summit in December 2021.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1+: Everything we know
According to rumors, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ will be manufactured on TSMC’s 4nm manufacturing process. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is manufactured on Samsung’s 4nm process.
Additionally, it will have a 1+3+4-core configuration that includes a Core Cortex X2 core clocked at 2.99GHz, as well as three Cortex A710 cores and four Cortex A510 cores. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ will come with an updated GPU.
Ahead of the announcement, the Realme VP revealed that the company plans to launch a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ smartphone in the coming months. Realme smartphone with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ could be Realme GT Master Explorer Edition 2.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen1: Everything we know
The upcoming 7-series processor will bring with it an octa-core CPU that includes four performance cores and four efficiency cores.
The upcoming Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC is believed to use ARM Cortex A710 and Cortex A510 cores clocked at 2.3GHz and 1.8GHz respectively. According to the leaks, it will come with an integrated Adreno 662 GPU.