Source: Qualcomm to change the name of new flagship chip Snapdragon 898 to Snapdragon 8 gen1

We have already written more than once that Qualcomm is preparing the flagship Snapdragon 898 chip for release. As it turned out, the novelty may enter the market with another name.

What is known

The information was shared by Chinese insider Ice Universe. According to him Qualcomm is thinking to name the SoC Snapdragon 8 gen1.

This is no joke. Qualcomm seems to actually name Snapdragon 898 "Snapdragon 8 gen1"

- Ice universe (@UniverseIce) November 15, 2021

Recall, the chip Qualcomm revealed when it will unveil Snapdragon 898, the top processor for 2022 flagships. According to rumors, the new chip will be based on 4nm process technology. The chip is credited with the main core AMR Cortex-X2 with clocked at 3.0 GHz, three middle cores based  Cortex-A710 with clocked at 2.5 GHz and four efficient cores Cortex-A510 with clocked at 1.79 GHz. In addition, the processor should get Adreno 730 graphics and the new Snapdragon X65 5G modem with 10Gbps downlink speed.

Snapdragon 898
Snapdragon 8 gen1 (this is the naming logic but not finalized)
Dimensity 2000
Dimensity 9000
Exynos: "WTF? I don't need to change it, right?"

- Ice universe (@UniverseIce) November 15, 2021

Incidentally, MediaTek teases Dimensity 2000, the world's first 4nm mobile processor. What's interesting, according to an insider, it will also be renamed. It may hit the market with the name Dimensity 9000 instead of Dimensity 2000.

Source: @UniverseIce