Qualcomm will Unveil the Snapdragon 865 Early Next Month

Information technology's that fourth dimension of the year again, a new Snapdragon flagship chipset is on the horizon, and as has been the case for quite some time at present, it should be unveiled at the Qualcomm Tech Superlative which, the company has now announced will take identify from December 3 to 5 in Maui, Hawaii.

While nosotros don't really know much almost the upcoming flagship Mobile Platform from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 865 will most likely be built on the 7nm EUV process from Samsung instead of TSMC's 7nm FinFET process. It's noteworthy that the Snapdragon 835 was the last chipset that was built using Samsung foundries, and the Snapdragon 845 and 855 take both been produced past TSMC.

The reason backside Qualcomm choosing Samsung's EUV process is likely to be the improved ability consumption in the chipset, and the xv-20% better surface area. Moreover, Samsung has already completed its evolution of a 5nm procedure besides, and that might very well exist the process Snapdragon chooses to build its next-generation flagship chipsets on, but that remains to be seen.

Apart from that, it's a safe bet to say that the Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform will exist made available in two variants, an LTE variant for mass market adoption, and a more expensive Snapdragon 865 with the Qualcomm X55 modem for 5G markets.

Nosotros'll be at the Qualcomm Tech Tiptop in Hawaii in December, covering everything as information technology happens, then stay tuned and check dorsum oft to become the latest on everything that Qualcomm shows off at the event.