Qualcomm has just teased the launch of the Snapdragon 855 SoC
“The Snapdragon 855 SoC from Qualcomm can be expected to power most premium flagship smartphones of 2019”
“5G is here”. Now you might have heard this statement from a bunch of smartphone and telecom companies before, but Qualcomm’s latest flagship SoC will likely be among the first mobile platforms to deliver 5G to the world. At the ongoing Snapdragon Tech Summit 2018 in Hawaii, Qualcomm has just announced the Snapdragon 855 SoC, the successor to the Snapdragon 845 that was launched at the same event exactly a year ago. The Snapdragon 855 chip can be expected to power a whole bunch of 5G-enabled flagship smartphones landing in 2019, as traditionally, most brands (including the likes of Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Sony, Google and LG, among others), utilise Qualcomm’s latest top-end processor in their flagship smartphones each year.
While more details on the capabilities of the Snapdragon 855 are still awaited, Qualcomm did say that the new chip will support multi-gigabit download speeds over 5G, and will be able to deliver 3x better AI performance as compared to its predecessor.
