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Top 10 Things to Know About Qualcomm’s Flagship Chipset

    Top 10 Things to Know About Qualcomm's Flagship Chipset

    Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite will power premium Android smartphones from OEMs such as Asus, Honor, iQoo, Meizu, OnePlus Oppo Realme. This chip supports features such as photo and video object erasure while supporting displays up to Quad HD+ resolution with 240Hz refresh rates.

    Qualcomm’s second generation Oryon CPU first debuted in its Snapdragon X connected computer silicon, but has been optimized specifically for mobile and promises up to 40% better performance.

    1. AI ISP

    Qualcomm claims Elite smartphones powered by its new chip will be up to 45% faster in gaming compared to those running Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processors, thanks to an Oryon CPU featuring two prime cores clocked at 4.32GHz and six performance cores.

    This system tightly integrates with a new Hexagon NPU to enable multimodal Gen AI capabilities, including real-time skin and sky tweaks in photos, enhanced video object removal technology and other enhancements.

    2. Spectra ISP

    Qualcomm’s Spectra ISP can process two billion pixels every second, providing better photo enhancement and 30fps video object removal. Furthermore, its connection with Qualcomm’s AI engine provides additional on-device AI features.

    Intended to enable advanced computer vision and computational photography capabilities, it can improve smartphone camera quality with better iris authentication and depth sensing for augmented reality use cases.

    3. Adaptive Optical Image Stabilization

    The new Snapdragon 8 Elite features an advanced Oryon CPU capable of handling advanced on-device AI features and also boasts more NPU-powered computational photography features such as multiframe noise reduction and low light video capture.

    Adreno GPU of this chip features a sliced architecture designed to improve both performance and power efficiency, extending gaming sessions by 2.5 hours longer and supporting Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite system, which delivers film-quality graphics in mobile games.

    4. AI Engine

    The Elite’s CPU cores are built around Qualcomm’s second-generation custom Oryon design, which the company believes will usher in a new era of on-device generative AI. There are two Prime cores and six performance cores; there are no efficiency cores as Qualcomm continues its trend of eliminating efficiency cores from mobile processor designs.

    This chip also boasts 12MB of L2 cache and supports 5.3Gbit/sec LPDDR5x memory, promising improved generative AI performance by 45% while simultaneously facilitating 40% faster graphics rendering in games using Unreal Engine’s Chaos Physics and Nanite systems.

    5. Hexagon Direct Link

    Qualcomm’s revamped Hexagon Processor and Spectra ISP work together to enable real-time relighting that replicates natural skin tones and accurate sky colors, using on-device processing rather than cloud access.

    The Elite’s revamped Oryon CPU boasts eight cores, two prime cores and six performance units clocked at up to 4.32GHz for ultra responsive games.

    6. AI Core

    Qualcomm’s Elite chip is an exciting development for Android phones, using TSMC’s N3E process which is more stable than Apple’s 2023 version of their A18 Pro chip.

    It features second-generation Oryon CPU technology with two 4.32GHz prime cores and six performance cores (the efficiency cores have been removed this time). Furthermore, Hexagon AI engine was enhanced 45% for enhanced AI experiences on-device.

    7. Adaptive Mode

    Snapdragon 8 Elite represents a significant improvement over previous-generation chipsets used to power most Android flagships, particularly when it comes to web browsing, audio transitioning between Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and on-device generative AI capabilities.

    Qualcomm recently unveiled an update of their Oryon CPU, ditching efficiency cores in favor of six performance cores with peak speeds up to 3.53GHz. This should allow phones to complete tasks faster while increasing power efficiency by up to 40%.

    8. Enhanced Power Management

    Qualcomm made much of AI at their Snapdragon summit this year, as well as offering quality-of-life features like their new Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset which will optimize web browsing and allow audio transition from Bluetooth to Wi-Fi seamlessly.

    This year’s Oryon CPU introduces a new architecture featuring two prime cores and six performance cores; efficiency cores have been eliminated, continuing the trend started by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 silicon.

    9. Enhanced Security

    Qualcomm’s new Oryon CPU technology, first featured in AI PC chips last year, powers the Snapdragon 8 Elite smartphone. Featuring two 4.32GHz prime cores and six performance cores compared to four efficiency cores from previous generations.

    As part of its revamped Hexagon Direct Link, this device can perform more advanced processing algorithms on-device. These include real-time image enhancements, limitless segmentation techniques and 30fps video object removal.

    10. AI Assistant

    The Elite is powered by Qualcomm’s second-generation Oryon CPU. This new architecture features two prime cores running at up to 4.32GHz, as well as six performance cores; efficiency cores from Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 have been removed for better performance.

    Qualcomm claims this upgrade will enable a 45% increase in generative AI performance and faster Hexagon NPU performance, and support longer token inputs allowing an AI assistant to respond more accurately to complex questions.

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