Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset was simply unveiled and smartphone makers are already lining as much as launch a brand new premium cellphone with the flagship chip. What’s the chip all about? You’ll be able to watch the primary official promo video, although it requires some clarification.
The video doesn’t spell it out, nevertheless it boasts in regards to the triple 18-bit ISP that may deal with three 36MP cameras concurrently. Additionally, the brand new AI {hardware} can phase the picture into face, hair, background and so forth to enhance portrait mode outcomes.
Subsequent up, water reflections – Qualcomm is the most recent smartphone chipset maker to undertake {hardware} accelerated ray tracing. It’s the “subsequent large factor” in console graphics, for instance, and will begin showing in cellular video games as nicely.
The video doesn’t give uncooked numbers, so we’ll repeat them right here – the 8 Gen 2 gives as much as 35% greater CPU efficiency and as much as 40% higher effectivity, plus as much as 25% greater GPU efficiency and as much as 45% greater effectivity (in comparison with the 8 Gen 1).
Anyway, after ray tracing the video dips into the subject of audio, however for extra on that there’s the second promo video. The newest Snapdragon Sound system natively helps spatial audio for a extra immersive listening and gaming expertise.
Talking of audio, Bluetooth LE Audio is supported (to this point Bluetooth sound relied on pre-LE tech). The brand new chip’s FastConnect 7800 system additionally gives lossless audio and a low-latency mode (dropping to 48ms).
By the way in which, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is among the many first chipsets to help Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be). You’ll be able to’t even purchase Wi-Fi 7 routers but, however when you do, the cellphone’s Web speeds at dwelling may also get an improve.
