The upcoming chip is anticipated to be the toned-down model of the present flagship Snapdragon 888.
A report by a preferred leaker Roland Quandt means that the chip is not going to characteristic an built-in 5G modem as discovered within the SD888 SoC.
Nonetheless, the leakster has not clarified how the chip in query will differ from the present mid-range SoC — Snapdragon 870.
It’s anticipated that the chip will likely be based mostly on the identical 5nm course of, nevertheless, at a distinct state of tune.
Aside from this, Quandt has additionally revealed that the corporate has already began engaged on the successor of the SD888SoC and it’s codenamed as ‘Waipio’ and goes by the mannequin quantity SM8450.
The chip is anticipated to reach by the tip of the yr by way of an occasion.
Going by the stories shared by Quandt, the chip is being examined on 12GB LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB storage.
The new chip can be anticipated to carry new digicam capabilities as Qualcomm has partnered with Leica (Leica Digital camera AG is a German firm recognized for making high-quality optics).
Reviews additionally counsel that there is one other chip in work in Qualcomm’s lab which will likely be a mid-tier chip.
As per the report, the chip will include one core 2.7GHz and three cores clocked as 2.4GHz and 4 low energy cores operating at 1.8Ghz.