Snapdragon 875 will be announced in December, could power Galaxy S21

Last updated: Oct 7th, 2020 at 07:09 UTC+01:00

The Snapdragon 875 chipset, which volition probably be used in the Milky way S21 series, volition be announced in December. Qualcomm has started sending press invites for the online-only event that will be conducted from December i to December ii.

While Qualcomm hasn't exactly confirmed that it would launch the Snapdragon 875 chipset during the event, the company reveals its flagship mobile chipset in Dec during the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit in Hawaii. And this year should exist no dissimilar, except that the consequence will exist online-only due to the ongoing pandemic, the necessary social distancing norms, and travel restrictions.

The Snapdragon 875 chipset is expected to be a 5nm chipset that uses one Cortex-X1 CPU core, three Cortex-A78 CPU cores, four Cortex-A55 CPU cores, and the integrated Snapdragon X60 5G modem. Apart from the Milky way S21, Galaxy S21+, and the Milky way S21 Ultra, the chipset will probable be used in flagship smartphones from other brands, including OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, Vivo, and Xiaomi. During the issue, Qualcomm might also unveil the Snapdragon 775G premium mid-range chipset. To remind you, the new Snapdragon 875, Snapdragon 875G, Snapdragon 775G, and Snapdragon 735G chipsets are expected to exist fabricated by Samsung Foundry.

Samsung will also unveil its own flagship chipset, the 5nm Exynos grand (or the Exynos 2100), erstwhile early next twelvemonth. Some rumors claim that the upcoming Exynos chipset lacks the Cortex-X1 CPU core, while others merits of information technology having the newest ARM core. Merely time will tell if information technology would be able to friction match the performance of the Snapdragon 875.

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