Qualcomm partners with Trimble to bring meter-level location accuracy for phones powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 888

Trimble RTX Mobility

Trimble and Qualcomm today announced the availability of Trimble RTX GNSS technology for Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 888 Mobile Platforms. Continue reading “Qualcomm partners with Trimble to bring meter-level location accuracy for phones powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 888”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Benchmarks: How fast is this compared to Snapdragon 865 / 865 Plus?

Qualcomm introduced its flagship Snapdragon 888 Mobile platform at its Snapdragon Tech Summit 2020 earlier this month. The latest flagship SoC has a Kryo 680 Prime Arm Cortex-X1-based CPU at up to 2.84GHz, 3 x Kryo 680 Performance A78-based CPUs at up to 2.42GHz and 4x Kryo 680 Efficiency A55-based CPUs at up to 1.8GHz. It is fabricated using the Samsung 5nm (5LPE) Process Technology. Today it has officially published the benchmarks of the SoC. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Benchmarks: How fast is this compared to Snapdragon 865 / 865 Plus?”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5nm 5G Mobile Platform detailed: Kryo 680 CPUs, 35% faster Adreno 660 GPU, built-in Snapdragon X60 5G modem

After unveiling the Snapdragon 888 yesterday, Qualcomm detailed the Snapdragon 888, the company’s latest 5G Mobile Platform that is built on 5nm process technology from Samsung.  The SoC uses Qualcomm Kryo 680 cores clocked up to 2.84GHz offering up to a 25% improved CPU performance, thanks to new Arm Cortex-X1 prime core. The Qualcomm Adreno 660 GPU offers up to 35% faster graphics rendering and is 20% more power efficient compared to the Snapdragon 865. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5nm 5G Mobile Platform detailed: Kryo 680 CPUs, 35% faster Adreno 660 GPU, built-in Snapdragon X60 5G modem”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform official; Will power Xiaomi Mi 11, upcoming OnePlus, ROG Phone and more

Qualcomm just made the Snapdragon 888, the company’s latest flagship 5G Mobile Platform official at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit 2020 digital event. “The number 8 has represented our premium tier for over a decade — and this platform is the epitome of premium. It’s our most advanced platform EVER, and it’s kicking off a new era for mobile,” said Alex Katouzian, senior vice president and general manager of mobile, compute and infrastructure at Qualcomm Technologies. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform official; Will power Xiaomi Mi 11, upcoming OnePlus, ROG Phone and more”