Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite with world’s fastest mobile CPU

On Tuesday, at the company’s flagship Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm introduced its latest flagship mobile chip – the Snapdragon 8 Elite. This is the first smartphone chip from the company to feature custom Oryon CPU architecture, which debuted with the Snapdragon X Elite/Plus chips for ARM-based Windows laptops.

Qualcomm has confirmed that smartphones powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite will arrive from brands like ASUS, Honor, iQOO, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, Samsung, Vivo, Xiaomi, and more in the coming weeks, with the OnePlus 13 being one of those smartphones, launching on October 31 in China.