By Josh Perry, Editor [email protected]
Qualcomm has announced that its newest generation Snapdragon 855 mobile platform, the first commercial mobile platform to support 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and extended reality (XR), which will give users extended battery life and improved performance.
The new Snapdragon 855 mobile platform enables 5G use. (Qualcomm/YouTube)
It features an optional Snapdragon X50 5G modem, which is the company’s first modem for 5G, but comes standard with an integrated Snapdragon X24 LTE modem. The X24 can achieve 10 Gbps speeds with 802.11ax, Wi-Fi 6 platforms.
“With Snapdragon X50, this platform supports 5G for both Sub-6 GHz and mmWave frequency bands, providing blazing-fast responsiveness and unprecedented speeds,” the announcement explained. “It is designed to deliver Multi-Gigabit speeds that were previously unachievable in mobile communication. In mmWave frequency bands, users can expect up to 20x faster average performance compared to some of the current commercial solutions, to master the extreme data demands of today and pave the way for next-generation immersive experiences.”
While 5G is still in the future, the new Snapdragon is prepared to enhance AI experiences with its multi-core AI engine that can achieve seven trillion operations per second and three times the performance of its previous generation mobile platform.
“The all new Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 690 Processor includes a newly designed Hexagon Tensor Accelerator (HTA) and four Hexagon Vector eXtensions (HVX) - a doubling of vector processing from our previous generation flagship, plus four scalar threads, all of which provide a powerful blend of dedicated and programmable AI acceleration,” the announcement continued.
Qualcomm is prepared to meet the demands of mobile users with new camera capabilities, gaming, video playback, and XR.
All of this processing power and extended capabilities, including fast-charging, has raised questions about thermal management, which an article from AndroidCommunity.com pointed out was an issue with the Snapdragon 810.
The Snapdragon 855 mobile platform is being sampled to customers and should be shipping in commercial devices by the first half of 2019.
In addition to the release of a new mobile platform, Qualcomm also announced its Snapdragon 8cx compute platform, which is the first PC platform based on 7-nanometer technology. It includes the Adreno 680 GPU, which is Qualcomm’s most powerful, doubles the memory interface to 128 bits, and offers greater performance than previous generations. It also features the X24 LTE modem to improve user experience with the PC.
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