Qualcomm: Qualcomm updating Snapdragon branding, chip names to simplify – Times of India

Qualcomm Significant changes have been announced in dragon picture The branding and three-digit naming scheme of its chipset portfolio. announcement comes a few days ago snapdragon tech summit Next week where it will unveil its next generation flagship chip.
Qualcomm has named Snapdragon as a standalone brand. “We have separated the Qualcomm and Snapdragon brands. Going forward, Snapdragon will be a standalone product brand that, where appropriate, will have a specific relationship with the Qualcomm brand,” the company said in a blog post.
The biggest change is how the company names its chips in different categories. Currently, the company follows a three-digit naming scheme for its chipsets. Entry levels are the 400 series, mid-range levels are the 600 and 700; And the high-end chips are the 800 series. Also, the change in numbers indicates the next generation variant of the chipset from a particular series.
Going forward, the company will follow the same single-digit naming convention as its PC processors (Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 or 7c Gen 2), with the upcoming flagship processor being the Snapdragon 8 series processor, which was expected to be called earlier. Snapdragon 898,
The company says, “A new simplified and consistent naming structure for our platform makes it easier for our customers to find and choose devices powered by Snapdragon. This means that our mobile platforms are in single digits while aligning with other product categories.” series and generation numbers – starting with our latest flagships, the Snapdragon 8-series platform.”
The company will also drop the 5G branding from its chipsets and this also makes sense as most of the new chipsets launched by the company have 5G as a connectivity option and the company also says that “Going forward with the Snapdragon Connected Platform , 5G will be given”.
Apart from this, the company will also release a new logo which reflects the changes. According to the official blog post, the company’s ‘Fireball’ icon will also receive new visual assets and other creative executions.

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