With the recent launch of Xiaomi 12S series and other models, many users have experienced the new generation of Snapdragon 8+ chip. After switching to TSMC’s 4nm process, both performance and power consumption have been significantly improved. It seems that The previous Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 8 Gen1 were stretched, and the Samsung process did account for a large part of the responsibility.
After experiencing the worse energy efficiency performance of Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 8 Gen1 from generation to generation, Qualcomm finally got the idea to use TSMC’s 4nm process. Facts have proved that TSMC’s 4nm process is indeed much ahead of Samsung. This time The Snapdragon 8+ chip has a very good reputation.
Perhaps Qualcomm has tasted the sweetness this time and understood that chip manufacturers’ profits ultimately depend on chip sales rather than chip manufacturing cost reductions. Therefore, Qualcomm’s next-generation chip, Snapdragon 8 Gen2, will most likely still use TSMC processes. .
Today, the famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo broke the news online that TSMC will be responsible for OEM Qualcomm's 5G flagship chips in 2023 and 2024, and will also be Qualcomm's exclusive supplier. It seems that Qualcomm has fully recognized TSMC's strength. That's a good thing for both companies.
In addition, Guo Mingchi also pointed out that Qualcomm has always been an important customer of Samsung's most advanced process. The previous Snapdragon 8 Gen1 and Snapdragon 888 were manufactured by Samsung, but now Qualcomm turns to TSMC, which also means that TSMC will Whether it is the process or semiconductor development, it will overwhelm and Samsung before 2025.
According to Ming-Chi Kuo’s revelations, Qualcomm’s 2023 and 2024 8-series chips will be manufactured by TSMC. If nothing unexpected happens, these two chips should be the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 and Snapdragon 8 Gen3 that will be released at the end of this year and next year. Among them, models equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 chip will meet us as soon as December this year.
Snapdragon 8 Gen2 will adopt a new "1+2+2+3" eight-core architecture design, based on TSMC's 4nm process. Compared with the "1+3+4" architecture of Snapdragon 8+, it has one more core The large core is missing a small core. In addition, the ultra-large core and large core of Snapdragon 8 Gen2 have been upgraded. The ultra-large core has been upgraded to ARM Cortex X3, the two high-frequency large cores have been upgraded to Cortex A720, and there are two large cores. The core is Cortex A710 and the GPU is Adreno 740.
As we all know, the reason why Snapdragon 8 Gen1 overturned before, ARM The poorer energy efficiency of of the large core A710 and the small core A510 undoubtedly occupies a certain degree of responsibility, and this upgrade of the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 core will also make Its power consumption and energy efficiency ratio are better than the new generation Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 processor, and its performance remains to be seen.
According to previous reports on the Internet, Snapdragon 8 Gen2 will be released in November this year, and related models will be available as soon as December. There is a high probability that Xiaomi will be launched, and Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 will be moved to the mid-range range. position, replacing the current position of Snapdragon 870. Although a large number of Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 models will be released in the near future, the author recommends that if you are not in a hurry to change your phone, you can wait until the end of the year. After all, the iteration of Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 The cycle is indeed a bit faster.
