What you should know
- Qualcomm unveils its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC.
- The chipset boasts an advanced AI engine. This is the first mobile platform that features Wi-Fi 7. This doubles Wi Fi 6’s speed.
- The Snapdragon 8 Generation 2 supports up to 200MP photos and 8K HDR video capture. Gaming enthusiasts will also enjoy life-like graphics thanks to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
With Qualcomm Summit 2022In Hawaii, we finally get a chance to see the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 smartphone platform. Qualcomm’s new chip will redefine mobile device standards with its AI technology innovations.
Qualcomm claims the Snapdragon 8 Generation 2 has Qualcomm’s most advanced AI engine and is approximately 4.35x more efficient. Qualcomm’s first chipset to offer INT4 precision support, which provides 60% more performance.
The brand-new engine allows users to transcribe and translate in multiple languages, as well as capture premium content with its AI Cinematic video. Qualcomm Sensing Hub now offers dual-AI processing, which allows users to use voice assistance directly to their apps.
With its first Cognitive ISP (which enhances video and images in real-time), the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip is expected to improve photo quality. Semantic Segmentation is used to optimize everything in the frame. It can recognize faces and hair as well as clothes.
The Snapdragon 8 Generation 2 is capable of taking photos up to 200MP with all the features added to it. This makes the device perfect for Samsung’s new Galaxy S8. ISOCELL HP3We expect sensor to be found in many more devices such as the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. It is also the first Snapdragon chip to be equipped with this feature. AV1 CodecSupport for increased efficiency when playing back HDR 8K videos at 60fps.
The Snapdragon 8 Generation 2 offers several improvements for those who love to game on their smartphones. The new chip features lifelike lighting effects, shadows, and illumination effects for your games. Qualcomm’s new mobile platform supports real-time Hardware AcceleratedRayTracing with Unreal Engine support.
This mobile platform is the first to be able to support Vulkan 1.3 APIs. The Adreno GPU provides up to 25% more performance and 45% higher battery efficiency to allow for greater gaming. The new SoC features a Kryo CPU that improves performance by approximately 35%, and also seeks to increase battery efficiency by about 40%.
The new platform is capable of supporting 4K at 60Hz, and QHD+ at 144Hz, allowing us to see sharper, more vibrant screens.
You can’t listen to the latest games or music without having a solid sound base. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon SoundTechnology now includes spatial audio and head tracking for complete sound immersion. To ensure gamers are always a cut above the competition, the new chip features ultra-low latency (<48ms) Bluetooth streaming.
Qualcomm has incorporated Snapdragon X70It has integrated a 5G modem in its new chip. This makes the new SoC the first mobile platform to have its own 5G AI processor.
The new chipset offers Wi Fi 7 speeds up to twice the speed of Wi Fi 6, along with its high-band Simultaneous Multilink. Wi-Fi 7 users should experience peak speeds around 5.8Gbps.
The Snapdragon 8 Generation 2 is concerned about your privacy and security. This chipset features the most recent in cryptography and key management. Face Unlock users have made Face Unlock even more popular, so the SoC has enhanced its security system. It also includes a liveness detector to increase safety.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is a flagship smartphone that enables people to do more. We design Snapdragon with the user in mind. Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will transform the smartphone landscape in 2023, said Chris Patrick (Quickid’s senior vice-president and general manager for mobile handsets). “Snapdragon8Gen2 delivers revolutionary AI, unparalleled connectivity and champion-level gameplay to enable consumers to enhance their experience on their most trusted smartphone.”
The Snapdragon 8 Generation 2 is made on a 4nm technology with a Cortex X3 prime processor at 3.2GHz, four performance and efficiency cores at 2.8GHz, as well as three efficiency cores of 2GHz.
Qualcomm says the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will welcome global OEMs and brands such as ASUS and HONOR, iQOO and Motorola. The first devices should arrive by the end of 2022.
