Qualcomm's new flagship mobile platform is the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which the company claims is the "world's faster mobile system-on-a-chip." It was designed for flagship devices for manufacturers and smartphone brands that don't make their own mobile platforms, with the first devices equipped with the SoC launching in the coming days. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is powered by the company's third-generation Oryon CPU, which Qualcomm says "improves performance by 20 percent and CPU power efficiency by 35 percent." Overall, the company is claiming that the platform has a 16 percent lower power draw, making it more efficient and enabling longer "sustained performance."<br /> Qualcomm<br /> The new platform promises "lightning-fast" app launc [...]
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