Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite chip for next-gen premium AI phones
By
Binu Mathew
American chipmaker Qualcomm has launched its new flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite System-on-Chip (SoC) for premium smartphones. As the successor to last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the new processor adopts the “Elite” title from Qualcomm’s PC chips. The Snapdragon 8 Elite integrates an Oryon CPU, which also powers the Snapdragon X Elite platform for PCs.
Qualcomm announced that OEMs and smartphone brands, including ASUS, HONOR, iQOO, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, Samsung, Vivo, and Xiaomi, will be launching devices with the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC in the coming weeks.