Qualcomm has today officially launched its next-generation flagship smartphone processor dubbed as Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, making it the first product from the company to follow the new naming scheme. It has also been confirmed that the devices powered by this new chip will start getting launched from this month itself.
Now, Xiaomi has taken to Twitter and has confirmed that the brand’s upcoming flagship smartphones under the Xiaomi 12 series will come powered by newly announced the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor.
The teaser poster shared by the company claims that the Xiaomi 12 will be the first smartphone to make a world debut with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset but the official launch date has not been revealed yet.
However, Motorola has already confirmed that the company will launch its Moto Edge X30 flagship smartphone in China on 9th December which is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC.
In another post on Twitter, the China-based company has shared a teaser video that confirms that the Xiaomi 12 series flagship phones have already entered the mass production phase and the company is showcasing a part of the production process.
Take a sneak peek of the most potent @Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset that will power our upcoming #Xiaomi12Series! #InnovationForEveryone pic.twitter.com/YrNqM8beMN
— Xiaomi (@Xiaomi) December 1, 2021
Qualcomm has revealed a list of brands that have signed up to launch a device powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and it includes Black Shark, Honor, iQOO, Motorola, Nubia, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, Redmi, SHARP, Sony Corporation, Vivo, Xiaomi, and ZTE.
Interestingly, Samsung is missing from the list despite the upcoming flagship Galaxy S22 lineup from the South Korean giant is expected to come powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor in some regions.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset is manufactured using a 4nm process by Samsung on Armv9 architecture. It packs one Cortex-X2 prime core at 3GHz, three Cortex-A710 performance cores at 2.5GHz, and four Cortex-A510 efficiency cores at 1.8GHz.
It is claimed to offer up to 20 percent better performance and is up to 30 percent more power-efficient than Snapdragon 888. It has a new Adreno GPU that is promised to offer 30 percent faster graphics rendering, in addition to 25 percent better power efficiency.
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