Skip to main content

Featured Post

AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...
1 comment
Read more
Labels

Snapdragon 888 variants rumoured to come soon: Overclocked 4G-only and 5G versions

The Snapdragon 888 is right now the de facto chip for smartphone manufacturers aiming to sell an uncompromised flagship device. However, as is the tradition with Qualcomm, a more powerful variant (not the one like Sylvie from Loki on Disney+) usually comes out towards the end of the year; examples being the Snapdragon 865 Plus and Snapdragon 855 Plus. Rumours are now ripe of a more powerful Snapdragon 888 variant.

Qualcomm could be fabricating a more powerful (read overclocked) version of the Snapdragon 888, expected to be called the Snapdragon 888 Pro. Surprisingly, the tip from well known tipster Digital Chat Station says it brings in a 4G-only modem instead of the 5G modem. Hence, the Snapdragon 888 Pro could be a more powerful version with no 5G support. Weird, right?

Snapdragon 888 to spawn more variants this year

On the other hand, a report from Android Authority mentions that other leaks hint at a Snapdragon 888 Plus with support for 5G and overclocked CPUs. No specific info is available on this one, apart from the rumour. Hence, we are unsure whether to trust this piece of information.

iQOO 7 Legend

Representative Image

It seems that Qualcomm is currently figuring out a way to make the Snapdragon 888 more accessible to phone manufacturers. The high prices has led to only a few smartphones in the world use the Snapdragon 888. In fact, more premium phones have settled for the slightly less powerful yet cheaper Snapdragon 870.

Hence, in order to ship more chips, shipping the Snapdragon 888 with a 4G-only modem could appeal to manufacturers based out of non-5G regions. This could benefit companies like Huawei, which can use this chip without facing any legal issues. Moreover, countries like India can continue to see more high-powered 4G smartphones at cost-effective prices.

There are chances that the rumoured Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G variant could be presented as the replacement of the Snapdragon 870 for next year. Qualcomm’s multi-product strategy has worked wonders for them despite chip prices skyrocketing due to the global shortage.

Currently, the most affordable smartphone with Snapdragon 888 that you can buy in India are the iQOO 7 Legend and Xiaomi Mi 11X Pro, both starting at Rs 40,000.



from BGR India https://ift.tt/2Uyh5qR
via IFTTT
Email Post
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

add