Insider: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chipset to support LPDDR6 RAM and UFS 5.0 flash memory
Not all smartphone manufacturers have managed to release new products with the flagship chipset Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, but the first insider information about the next-generation processor from Qualcomm is already appearing online.
What is known
The authoritative Chinese insider, Digital Chat Station, shared information about the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 single-chip system, which will be created using TSMC's 2-nm process technology.
The chipset will support the new LPDDR6 RAM standard and the most up-to-date UFS 5.0 flash memory protocol.
This combination will significantly boost processor performance and expand the capabilities of AI, whose tasks require increasingly more computational power.
Auto-translated message from Digital Chat Station. Source: Weibo
It is expected that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 will surpass Apple's A20 and A20 Pro chips on key metrics and expand the capabilities of mobile devices, but this will likely come at the cost of another increase in the price of top gadgets, as the 2-nm process requires enormous investments.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is likely to hit the market at the end of 2026, and the first gadgets with this chipset can be expected around the same time.
