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Qualcomm’s Next Flagship Snapdragon SoC To Target Higher Frequencies Of 5.40GHz While Sticking With TSMC’s 2nm N2P Node, But IPC Gains Are Rumored To Stay Under 10%
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Key Points:
- A new Snapdragon chipset, codenamed "Honu," is rumored to be in development, indicating Qualcomm plans to follow up its recent Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Gen 6 releases.
- The next-generation Snapdragon SoC is expected to move away from TSMC's 2nm "N2P" process and target higher clock speeds around 5.3-5.4GHz, but performance gains are anticipated to be modest.
- Benchmark results suggest the single-core performance increase may not exceed 10%, and power consumption is expected to remain similar to the current generation, with multi-core performance details still unknown.
- Qualcomm might price the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 7 only slightly higher than its predecessor to encourage adoption, especially if performance gains remain limited.
- Given the early stage and lack of multiple reliable sources, this rumor is rated as questionable with a 35% credibility score, and readers are advised to treat the information cautiously.
