First leaks about the next Qualcomm Snapdragon 875
The high – end processor Qualcomm has begun to reach the main phone market in recent months, although that does not prevent many already start thinking about what the next creation of the Chinese company. So much so that in the last hours some specialized media have managed to get the first information about the characteristics of Snapdragon 875.
It is worth remembering that so far this year it has been possible to meet the most affordable models, Snapdragon 720G, 662 and 460 , while its current high-end processor was officially introduced in the last weeks of 2019. From this it is decided that this filtration would still have a long way to go before it became official, as it would only be launched next December .
Possible Specifications of Snapdragon 875: First leaks about the next Qualcomm Snapdragon 875
The first thing to indicate about this future chipset is that it would be developed with the new 5-nanometer TSMC technology , while a still indeterminate number of cores would be presented corresponding to the Kryo 685 model , although the truth is that there is still not much information on how much it would evolve in its architecture beyond using ARM v8.
Likewise, it is indicated that the integrated GPU would also have a premiere: Adreno 660 accompanied by the Adreno 665 VPU that would work on the video recording and decoding section, while the Adreno 1095 DPU would carry out work on the performance of the screen. All this would include a new Hexagon DSP that would be in charge of the code for machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence.
Finally, for the integrated memory it is expected that the Snapdragon 875 will be compatible with LPDDR5 RAM technology as well as allow quadruple PoP packages , so there is no doubt that future smartphones that make use of this processor could greatly increase its performance. and fluency thanks to superior memory.
If this is not enough, for the work on audio reproduction, the Aqstic Audio Technologies WCD9380 and WCD9385 codecs would be added , while in mobile connectivity it is no surprise that a new Snapdragon X60 modem with support for 5G networks would be presented , in addition to being compatible with SA and NSA (millilometric wave and sub-6GHz), WiFi 6 2X2 MIMO connectivity and a new standard that at the moment is internally called “Bluetooth Milan”.
In conclusion, Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 aims to be a solid advance in the field as we are used to. To you, what improvements would you like to find in the future processors of the brand?