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gen Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro chip reportedly spotted on black market for just $42
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Key Points:
- Engineering samples of Qualcomm's next flagship Snapdragon chip, marked SM8975-100-BC, have appeared briefly on China's Goofish marketplace before being removed.
- The SM8975 is anticipated to be the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, with samples reportedly taken from test boards and sold for repair or rework purposes.
- The listing showed a tentative price of around $42, with photos revealing the chip's physical package and an integrated heat-spreading component.
- Leaks suggest the SM8975 uses TSMC’s 2nm process, a 2+3+3 Oryon CPU core configuration, and supports LPDDR5X and LPDDR6 memory, though Qualcomm has not confirmed these details.
- Qualcomm is expected to officially reveal the Snapdragon 8 Elite chips at the Snapdragon Summit 2026 starting September 22, about a month after these samples surfaced.
