Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 processor to be featured in upcoming smartphones

The next generation of Qualcomm’s snapdragon 820 processors will begin shipping to manufacturers soon, according to a recent report. Smartphones companies such as Sony, HTC, Xiaomi and other manufacturers that have been using Snapdragon processors for their devices will be the first ones to get a hold of the new processor to begin the process of installing and testing them on their upcoming devices. Qualcomm will partner up wth Samsung in order to utilize its latest 14nm manufacturing technology, which according to the source, will fix the previous heating issues that last year’s Snapdragon 810 experienced, and in addition to that, reduce power consumption for longer battery life.

The processor will be based on Qualcomm’s 64-bit Kyro architecture that will run at a whopping 3.0GHz. Depending on the manufacturers and how long it will take them to implement the new processors into their upcoming devices, we should start seeing new devices running on the 820 this year, or as late as the beginning of next year. In fact, Xiaomi hoped to feature the Snapdragon 820 on its upcoming Mi 5 flagship this year.

With this new 14nm manufacturing process, Qualcomm hopes to have a better year than the previous, by avoiding new heating issues that caused the Snapdragon 810 to not perform as planned, while improving performance and reducing power consumption.

Source: GizmoChina

Via: Mobile-Dad

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