Qualcomm has announced its new flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, which will be used in the next generation of Android smartphones.
Samsung has announced a partnership with ADTechnology, ARM and Rebellions to develop a new processor platform with artificial intelligence. Under this partnership, Samsung Foundry will manufacture chips using its advanced 2nm Gate-All-Around (GAA) technology.
According to earlier leaks and rumours, Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite chip from Qualcomm will show a decent power boost, compared to its predecessor. In recent tests, the chip has shown impressive results in performance tests, but has faced overheating issues and high power consumption.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor that will be installed in the Galaxy S25 Ultra and other latest flagships will be significantly more expensive than both the previous Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Apple's latest A18 Pro chip.
After many rumours and leaks, MediaTek has announced a new Dimensity 9400 chipset built on TSMC's second generation 3nm process.
Qualcomm has published a teaser video showing off its upcoming Oryon processor, which will form the basis of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset. The video also shows the alleged OnePlus 13 with a back panel design reminiscent of previous models, with a round camera island off-centre.
Earlier, Google, along with the Google Pixel 9 smartphones, announced an updated Gemini Nano AI model with multimodality, which is currently available only on the Pixel 9 series devices. But according to the latest reports, the new Gemini Nano model will soon be extended to devices from other manufacturers like Samsung.
As reported by a well-known whistleblower Digital Chat Station, the new flagship chipsets Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Dimensity 9400 are expected to get a price hike, and hence smartphones with these chips will also go up in price.
Qualcomm is planning to release its new Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset in the first quarter of 2025. This was reported by Yogesh Brar whistleblower.
Xiaomi has officially confirmed that the new Xiaomi 15 flagship smartphone will feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor rather than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 as previously expected. The information was revealed in an official poster published ahead of the device's launch, which will take place on 23 October.
Qualcomm is preparing to unveil the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor, but unexpectedly, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 has been revealed in Xiaomi's HyperOS software. This processor with model number SM8735 seems to be already being tested by brands like Xiaomi.
MediaTek is gearing up to release its new Dimensity 9400 chipset, which is already generating a lot of interest. In GPU tests conducted by Digital Chat Station, the new chipset showed impressive results.
As it recently became known, Vivo will hold a presentation of X200 series smartphones on the new flagship chip MediaTek Dimensity 9400 already on the 14th of October. But the announcement date of the chip itself has not been officially announced yet. However, a well-known insider Digital Chat Station has lifted the veil of secrecy.
In 2022, Samsung Foundry experienced poor performance in the production of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processors, which led Qualcomm to switch to TSMC's production. The Taiwanese company was able to offer higher performance at 70 per cent, while Samsung's was only 35 per cent. Next year, both companies plan to start mass production of chips on the new 2nm process, but Samsung is again facing problems.
AMD has announced Variable Graphics Memory (VGM) technology that allows notebook users to reallocate RAM to improve graphics performance.
