Now it's time for another Semicon leader, Qualcomm.
They officially announced the NextGen mobile processor, Snapdragon 888. Bit strange number!! After Snapdragon 865 and 865+, a jump towards 888. Cool number with a lot of features everyone is waiting for. This new SoC was announced during Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit 2020 - an annual event where they unveil its latest technology for the next generation of Andriod phones. This a 2 days event (1st and 2nd of December 2020). So, expecting more hidden treasure to come out from the box.
Mobiles are now a part of daily life for most of the activity. It is more than a phone call nowadays. It used for study and banking etc. This should be fast and more secure.
Here are the basic features of the Snapdragon 888 SoC.
Built with Qualcomm's latest X60 5G Modem
3rd GenmmWave/sub6
7.5Gbps download/3Gbps upload
DSS (Dynamic Spectrum Sharing)
Global Multi SIM
Qualcomm Fastconnect 6900 (WiFi 6)
Allowed display refresh at 144 FPS
This chipset will allow the mobile phone cameras to capture photos and videos at 2.7 gigapixels per second which means 120 photos at 12MP resolution in 1 second. Camera tools or software can play will this can reach pro-level photos and videos from mobile. Wahoo.!!
Xiaomi has confirmed to use Snapdragon 888 in the next flagship model Mi11. Sound interesting. Lots more to come.
Note: for all the images, the source is the Qualcomm official Twitter link.
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