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At the company's annual Snapdragon Tech Summit, the company announced a new flagship processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, giving an early preview of the brains behind the most powerful phones of the future.
The new, generation-based monikers that have previously been used by the company are being replaced by a new, generation-based name for the new chip.
Every year, the company promises major improvements to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 with better performance, camera technology, and 5G.
Up to 30 percent power efficiency and 20 percent better CPU performance.
The hard specifications are what we will start with. The Armv9 architecture is used in the first chip from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The new eight-core Kryo CPU will feature a single prime core based on the Cortex-X2 at 3.0 GHz, along with three performance cores based on the Cortex-A710 at 2.5 GHz, and a quartet of efficiency cores based on the Cortex-A510 design at 1.8 GHz The new chip is built from the same process as the previous one.
The new model of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will offer up to 20 percent better performance and up to 30 percent more power efficiency than the previous model, according to the company.
Compared to the previous generation of the chip, the new Adreno is promising 30 percent faster graphics rendering, 25 percent better power efficiency, and more. A new control panel for games will be offered.
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The X65 modem is the first 5G modem to be used on the first generation of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The latest 3GPP Release 16 specification adds support for up to 10Gbps speeds and builds on the existing compatibility that came before. You will not see that kind of speed in the real world.
The company is the first to support the use of AptX Lossless wireless audio with the use of its Sound technology.
If your camera can handle it, you can take 18-bit photos and 8K video.
The company is putting a lot of emphasis on its beefed up camera capabilities, which the company is bundling together for the first time under a new brand.
The Spectra ISP is once again a triple ISP system, but with the addition of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 the system can be upgraded to an 18-bit system. It would take 4,096 times more camera data and up to four additional stops of dynamic range for a very bright or very dark scenario. It's possible to shoot a dozen photos in a single second or simultaneously shoot in 8K with the help of the triple ISP.
You can shoot in 8K video with the help of the HDR 10 Plus feature and shoot in 18-bit RAW with the help of the camera hardware on your phone.
The 8 Gen 1 features better dark mode pictures that can use data from up to 30 images in a single shot, up from six images on the 888. There is also a dedicated "bokeh engine" for adding portrait effects to 4K video, and an "ultrawide engine" that can de-warp and remove.
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The new fourth ISP is designed to power an always-on camera that is active at all times, unlike the triple ISP for the primary camera. If you put your phone down, it could detect someone trying to read over your shoulder, or if you put your phone down, it could shut off your screen.
While the idea of an always-on camera raises some obvious security concerns, the feature is intended to help make using your device more secure, with any camera data for the always-on camera staying locally on-device in the chip's secure enclave. Customers will be able to choose whether to use an always-listening microphone for voice assistants or the always-on camera.
The added capability will be something to watch when the first chips with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 roll out.
The latest version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 features a seventh-generation artificial intelligence engine, which the company says is four times faster than its predecessor and 1.7 times more power efficient.
The company showed off a variety of use cases that the boosted AI performance can enable, including the camera function, a "Leica Leitz Look mode" that mimics the look of a Leica lens, and improved detection of where you're holding your phone for optimal antenna performance. When gaming on the 8 Gen 1 it will be possible to get a DLSS-style effect for improving mobile games, something that it says will happen automatically.
Compared to last year's model, it was four times better.
There are security improvements. The new hardware level of security with a dedicated Trust Management Engine is offered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 along with support for the Android Ready SE standard. iSIM supports directly connecting to cellular networks.
Despite the new branding, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 doesn't seem to break the mold for the company's chips, offering the usual upgrades we've come to expect from the company's annual flagships. In a world where custom chips like Apple's A-series processor are becoming increasingly popular, it's good to see that Qualcomm has no intention of slowing the pace on its own top chips.
We will be able to see how powerful the new chip is for ourselves when the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 smartphones are released.
