Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon 8 Elite Turbocharges AI, Gaming And Photography For Phones

Qualcomm's annual Snapdragon Summit is currently underway in sunny Hawaii, and the chipmaker is hitting hard right out of the gate. The company is best-known for its Snapdragon SoCs in smartphones and tablets, and the latest iteration promises to be the fastest and most efficient yet. The Snapdragon 8 Elite bursts onto the scene with CPU cores based on Oryon along with the newest in Adreno graphics, Hexagon NPUs for AI, and photography image signal processing that should take smartphone imaging to the next level.

Snapdragon 8 Elite: Oryon In the Palm of Your Hand

The Snapdragon 8 Elite marks the Oryon CPU architecture's first entry into smartphones. If you recall, the Oryon CPU architecture debuted in the Snapdragon X Elite/Plus, which powered the initial wave Copilot+ enabled Windows PC. The Snapdragon 8 Elite, however, features an updated 2nd Generation Oryon architecture, enhanced and tooled specifically for ...