Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 at the annual Snapdragon Tech Summit on Wednesday – as its new 5G mobile platform for the next generation of flagship Android phones. The chip is the first to come with the new Snapdragon branding, a result of the San Diego-based company bringing in 17 of its Snapdragon 800-series system-on-chip (SoC) models. The artificial intelligence (AI) performance of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is claimed to be four times faster than the Snapdragon 888 SoC introduced last year. It is also said to deliver 30 percent faster graphics rendering with 25 percent more power efficiency than the predecessor. Additionally, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is claimed to be the world’s first 5G modem-RF solution to reach 10 Gigabit download speeds on compatible networks.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Availability Timeline
Like the last few years, Qualcomm said that Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will be used by global smartphone vendors including black shark, Respect, iQoo, motorola, Nubia, oneplus, Opposition, my true form, redmi, Spicy, Sony, Vivo, Xiaomi, And ZTE, The company noted that phones based on the new chip are expected to arrive by the end of 2021.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Specifications
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will be equipped with the 7th generation Qualcomm AI Engine, which is rated for twice as large shared memory with a two times faster Tensor Accelerator to deliver better per watt performance than the 6th generation Qualcomm AI Engine. Available Feather snapdragon 888, The new chip will also be based on 4nm process technology. This is an upgrade to the 5nm process technology that was used by the Snapdragon 888 last year.
Qualcomm is yet to reveal the exact names of the Kryo CPU and Adreno GPU available on its new chip. However, the Kryo CPUs exclusively have Arm Cortex-X2 cores that can be clocked up to 3GHz. The CPU is claimed to have 20 percent faster performance and 30 percent power efficiency compared to its counterpart available on the Snapdragon 888. The new Adreno GPU is rated to deliver a 30 percent increase in graphics rendering and a 25 percent improvement in power savings over its predecessor.
The Snapdragon 888 Gen 1 offers up to 30 percent increase in graphics rendering compared to the Snapdragon 888
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For better Artificial Intelligence (AI) experience, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is powered by Qualcomm Hexagon processor which is available as part of AI Engine. The chip also gets Leica Leitz Look filters for a better bokeh effect. In addition, there is AI-based natural language processing from the machine learning community hugging face. This is claimed to help enable a different personalized support experience by analyzing and prioritizing your information.
Qualcomm said it has also worked with Boston, Massachusetts-based health tech company Sonde Health that will allow the system to analyze a user’s vocal patterns to determine whether the user has asthma, depression, and even depression. that are at risk for health conditions such as COVID-19. , The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is also paired with the 3rd Gen Qualcomm Snapdragon Hub, which is claimed to process the data stream using low-powered AI.
In terms of gaming, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 packs over 50 Snapdragon Elite gaming features that help deliver a smooth and responsive experience along with color-rich HDR visuals. The company claims that it has integrated a Variable Rate Shading Pro feature to provide desktop-level volumetric rendering to deliver true fog, smoke and particle effects.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 includes 50 Snapdragon Elite gaming features to please gamers
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The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 also includes an enhanced security by using a dedicated Trust Management Engine. It also claims to provide a root of trust for the apps and services installed on the system. Additionally, the new Snapdragon chip has Android Ready SE standard for digital car keys and drivers’ licenses.
To help people connect to cellular networks without a SIM card, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 features a Qualcomm Secure Processing Unit with support for Integrated SIM (iSIM).
The new Snapdragon mobile platform also features Snapdragon sound technology along with Qualcomm aptX lossless technology for a better audio experience. There are also new low-energy (LE) features such as broadcast audio, stereo recording and voice back-channel for gaming.
Qualcomm has integrated its Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF system within the Snapdragon 8G which is designed to reach 10 Gigabit download speeds. The new chip also retains the Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 mobile connectivity system that brings wireless connectivity with speeds of up to 3.6Gbps over Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6e standards. There is also Bluetooth v5.2 support.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Comes With Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System
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The other notable addition to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is the Snapdragon Sight technology which brings the first 18-bit Image Signal Processor (ISP). It claims to capture 4,000 times more camera data than its predecessor at 3.2 gigapixels per second for higher dynamic range, color and sharpness. The new ISP also supports 8K HDR video recording in premium HDR10+ format. In addition, there is a dedicated bokeh engine for adding soft backgrounds to videos. There’s also an always-on ISP that enables always-on face unlocking, without consuming a large amount of battery.
Other specifications and features of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 are mostly in line with its predecessor. These include support for 4K and QHD+ displays with 144Hz refresh rate, LPDDR5 RAM with frequencies up to 3200MHz and up to 16GB of density and Quick Charge 5 fast charging.
With Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, Qualcomm announced its partnership with it at Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021 google cloud To fuel the growth of your neural networks and optimize as well as build AI models. The collaboration will enable the Qualcomm Neural Processing SDK for Google Cloud Vertex AI NAS integration.
The new experience will first be available on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, though it will be expanded to Qualcomm’s portfolio later. The chipmaker said its Snapdragon mobiles, ACPC and XR, Snapdragon Ride Platform and IoT platforms will be able to use Google Cloud Vertex AI Neural Architecture Search with Qualcomm AI Engine. Google,
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