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Qualcomm could unveil the Snapdragon 820 at press event on August 11th

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After riding high on the success of its Snapdragon 800, 801 and 805 processors, Qualcomm hit some speed bumps in 2015 with its much maligned 810 chip. Rumours began that the Snapdragon 810 had issues with overheating and thermal throttling, that weren’t helped when Samsung decided to use its own Exynos processor in the Galaxy S6. Issues with overheating still linger to some extent, despite Qualcomm developing a version 2.1 of the 810 processor that has most recently been seen powering the OnePlus 2. Having already sent out batches of samples of its next flagship processor, the Snapdragon 820, to handset manufacturers such as HTC and Sony, it seems that Qualcomm could make a public announcement next week.

According to a report out of China, Qualcomm plans to announce the Snapdragon 820 at a press conference it is holding on August 11th in Los Angeles, with press invites having already been sent out.

Besides being rumoured to use a Quad-core configuration, the Snapdragon 820 is believed to be using ‘Kryo‘ custom cores running @3.0GHz. From the cores’ moniker, one gets the impression that cooling played a major part in its development. The Snapdragon 820 is also believed to include an Adreno 530 GPU @ 530MHz with support for LPDDDR4 RAM, 4K video decoding @60fps, 4K video encoding @30fps and LTE CAT 10. The Snapdragon 820 is thought to be being manufactured using Samsung’s 14nm manufacturing process, aiding Qualcomm in ensuring the chip runs both cooler and more efficiently than its predecessor. Finally, it’s believed that Xiaomi’s Mi5 flagship will be the first handset to feature the Snapdragon 820 processor.

 

Source: Laoyaoba
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