Details about Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon processors leak

Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 810 is going to be one of the fastest processors available in phones and tablets this year, but that doesn’t mean the company is going to stop pushing forward. The latest information about Qualcomm’s next plans has surfaced, detailing where the company wants to push processors next.

The biggest thing to look forward to is the Snapdragon 820 processor. Rumors suggest the 820 will feature a full 8-core architecture that doesn’t use ARM’s big.LITTLE setup, so this might be the first high-end processor we’ll see that utilizes all 8 cores simultaneously. It will also supposedly utilize a 14 nm process and LPDDR4 memory support.

Qualcomm ideally wants the 820 to hit the market in late 2015, but due to supply conflicts with Apple, it may end up being pushed back to early 2016.

The direct step up from the Snapdragon 810 is going to be the Snapdragon 815, which will still use the big.LITTLE architecture and a 20 nm process. It won’t be a major upgrade like the 820, but there’s a slight bump in the GPU to make up for it.

In the mid-range sector, Qualcomm is working on a Snapdragon 616, 620, 625, and 629. The 616, 625, and 629 chipsets will feature an octa-core architecture, while the 620 is sticking with a quad-core design. All of those processors will be getting GPU and memory upgrades, which is great for those of you that try to stick to budget phones.

Expect to hear more about these processors once the dust settles around the Snapdragon 810.

source: UDN

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