Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 Chipset Will Launch in October

Qualcomm, the chipmaker whose SoCs energy practically a 3rd of all smartphones globally, is engaged on its subsequent era flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. The firm has now offered an replace on the SoC, that can possible energy upcoming high-end Android telephones. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip will launch later this 12 months in October on the Snapdragon Summit. This traces up with Qualcomm’s traditional launch cycle for its flagship cellular platform. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which powers high-end Android smartphones just like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and OnePlus 12, (*4*)launched in October 2023 on the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii.

In a video posted on X (previously Twitter) Wednesday on the sidelines of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Qualcomm’s Chief Marketing Officer Don McGuire confirmed the October 2024 launch timeline for the chipset.

The government additionally reiterated that Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will function Qualcomm’s customized Oryon CPU, first introduced on the Snapdragon Summit in 2022. “Snapdragon Summit is coming up in October,” MGuire mentioned “…there’s going to be some really cool stuff as our mobile platforms are reinvented with our Oryon CPU.” The government mentioned that the corporate could be bringing its “supercharged” Oryon CPU together with an up to date Neural Processing Unit (NPU). “That’s going to be a killer combo in our Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 announcement, which I’m sure you guys can’t wait to hear about,” he mentioned. “Coming in October 2024.”

While particulars are sparse on Qualcomm’s subsequent flagship cellular platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is anticipated to be designed utilizing TSMC’s 3nm fabrication course of, which Apple’s A17 Pro chipsets are primarily based on. It will function the corporate’s Oryon CPU, unveiled in 2022 for Snapdragon platforms. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite platform for AI PCs, introduced eventually 12 months’s Snapdragon Summit, additionally utilises Oryon cores.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is predicted to energy upcoming flagship Android telephones like Samsung Galaxy S25, Xiaomi 15 sequence, and Asus Zenfone 11. Qualcomm’s present top-end cellular platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, launched final 12 months in October. The chipset powers telephones just like the Galaxy S24 Ultra and OnePlus 12.

Qualcomm additionally unveiled a spread of recent generative AI options for Android smartphones on the MWC 2024 this week and launched a Qualcomm AI Hub that gives over 75 optimised AI fashions for its platforms.

The chipmaker occupies a 28 % share in the worldwide smartphone chipsets market as of the third quarter of 2023, behind solely MediaTek, in accordance to Counterpoint Research.