Qualcomm on Monday introduced the launch of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, the corporate’s newest flagship-grade chipset that’s outfitted with a number of on-device synthetic intelligence (AI) capabilities. The new 4nm chipset arrives as a extra inexpensive model of the top-of-the-line Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip that was launched in October final 12 months and sits above the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the corporate’s flagship chip from 2022. It provides some {hardware} options from the corporate’s flagship processor, together with help for high-speed generative AI fashions with as much as 10 billion parameters.
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 availability timeline
The firm says that the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 cell platform shall be obtainable on smartphones from corporations like Honor, iQoo Redmi, Realme, and Xiaomi. Qualcomm additionally revealed that the primary handset to be powered with the newest chipset shall be obtainable later this month, however didn’t reveal any additional info concerning the telephone or its specs.
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 specs
The newly unveiled Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is a 4nm octa-core chipset with a Prime core (Cortex-X4) clocked at 3.0GHz, 4 ‘efficiency’ cores with a peak clock velocity of two.8GHz, and three ‘effectivity’ cores clocked at 2.0GHz. The Adreno GPU onboard the chipset provides help for HDR gaming together with real-time hardware-accelerated ray tracing in supported video games, in keeping with the corporate. It will help as much as 24GB of LPDDR5x reminiscence at as much as 4200MHz and UFS 4.0 storage.
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 helps over 30 on-device generative AI fashions
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Qualcomm additionally touts the AI capabilities of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip, which provides help of on-device generative AI fashions with as much as 10 billion parameters — the chip helps over 30 giant language fashions (LLMs) and huge imaginative and prescient fashions (LVMs) at launch, together with Gemini Nano, Llama 2, and Baichuan-7B. The firm says that an on-device generative AI assistant will have the ability to generate content material from written, spoken, or picture prompts, whereas a photograph enlargement instrument can generate pictures outdoors a picture’s body utilizing AI.
Smartphones outfitted with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 will have the ability to seize pictures at 200-megapixel pictures, and the chipset encompasses a triple 18-bit ISP setup. The chip additionally helps AI-based face detection that’s enabled by way of an always-sensing ISP by way of Qualcomm Sensing Hub. The firm’s Snapdragon Low Light Vision (LLV) expertise can be mentioned to enhance the standard of movies captured in dim environments.
Qualcomm says the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 helps 4K and Quad-HD+ shows at 60Hz and 144Hz, respectively. The chipset additionally helps an ultra-low energy always-sensing digital camera that’s mentioned to be remoted from the remainder of the telephone’s {hardware} and permits the handset to allow fast facial unlocking.
The new chipset options the Snapdragon X70 5G Modem-RF system (a step down from its extra premium sibling) and helps each mmWave and Sub-6 5G networks. It provides Dual-Sim Dual Active (DSDA) help for 5G and 4G networks and has a peak obtain velocity of as much as 5Gbps and add speeds of as much as 3.5Gbps.
The Qualcomm FastConnect 7800 cell connectivity system on the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 provides as much as 5.8Gbps obtain speeds over Wi-Fi 7 networks. The chip additionally helps Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity by way of twin Bluetooth antennas, together with help for Snapdragon Sound, Bluetooth LE audio, Auracast broadcast, and Qualcomm’s aptX audio codecs.
