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Qualcomm Announces Latest Snapdragon 845 Processor (9to5google.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the have-a-good-ring-to-it dept.

The processor to power the next generation of Android flagship smartphones has been announced today. Qualcomm unveiled the new Snapdragon 845 processor at the 2017 Snapdragon Tech Summit, where Microsoft announced it was working with its PC partners to bring Windows 10 to Qualcomm's ARM processors. While more technical details of the chip will be announced tomorrow, we do know that the Snapdragon 845 processor is based on a 10nm processor and will feature the latest X20 LTE modem for gigabit connectivity speeds. Generally speaking, the new processor will bring improved performance, better power efficiency, and improved image processing.

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  1. Wow! by c6gunner · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Newsflash: Qualcom is making a new processor which will be faster and stuff. No more details at this time.

    Gee, thanks. I would have never guessed.

    1. Re:Wow! by ad454 · · Score: 2

      Actually this is quite news worthy.

      Many folks were concerned that Qualcomm was focusing too much of their corporate resources on legal, instead of R&D.

      It is always better to entice your customers with innovative and superior products, rather that piss them off with lawsuits.

    2. Re:Wow! by Hal_Porter · · Score: 2

      Well at least we know that Qualcomm is not going to throw in the towel, leave the IT business, marry a nice Swiss girl and go and farm goats in a bucolic mountain village.

      If I were Qualcomm that's what I'd do. Apple and Samsung have been right cunts recently.

      It's good to know they're sticking in there.

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    3. Re:Wow! by ChunderDownunder · · Score: 3, Interesting

      marry a nice Swiss girl and go and farm goats in a bucolic mountain village

      Is there a website for that? :-)

  2. Exciting! by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Unless Qualcomm has had a real change of heart lately the most 'exciting' feature of the new chip will be the fact that, since they've abandoned suppport for their binary blobs on the old chip; it will reasonably soon be the only Qualcomm option that runs contemporary Android.

  3. Re:Improved: Now only 35% slower than Apple's A10! by Billly+Gates · · Score: 2

    I don't believe Apple lies like their g3 cube was a supercomputer.

    iPhones are crippled for peasants and are not real computers. I do not want a glued in DRM black box and prefer to use my own phone. I am sure this chip is quite faster or similar

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