Snapdragon’s new 2022 chips

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Qualcomm Snapdragon is now simply Snapdragon, as the company looks to new frontiers and rebrands itself in more than one way.

Gadgets 360 reviews editor Jamshed Avari and senior reviewer Sheldon Pinto join host Akhil Arora to talk about Snapdragon’s new 2022 chips.

We discuss why Snapdragon is shifting to the 8 Gen 1 nomenclature (it ran out of numbers?), what its new 18-bit ISP camera tech means for most users, and whether it can deliver on some suspect AI-based features it’s touting.

We touch upon Snapdragon’s renewed push for Windows on ARM with 8cx Gen 3. While Apple is now all in, it hasn’t worked out historically on Windows. The 5nm chip — available in the first half of 2022 — looks promising though, as always.

We delve into Snapdragon’s new (handheld) gaming ambitions with the G3x. This seems like a response to Nintendo Switch (Nvidia) and Steam Deck (AMD) where Qualcomm clearly missed the boat. First, it needs to create a market for itself among developers.

And we close out by addressing the elephant in the room — if you’re going to talk about chips today, you have to talk about the great chip shortage. When will it end?

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Chapters

• Intro (00:00)
• 8 Gen 1?! (00:21)
• Camera tech (06:56)
• It’s in the chip (14:31)
• 8cx Gen 3 (18:19)
• 5 nanometer (22:38)
• G3x for gaming (23:46)
• Chip shortages (30:25)
• Outro (32:55)

Photo credits: Qualcomm

章

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. 8 Gen 1?! (00:00:21)

3. Camera tech (00:06:56)

4. It’s in the chip (00:14:31)

5. 8cx Gen 3 (00:18:19)

6. 5 nanometer (00:22:38)

7. G3x for gaming (00:23:46)

8. Chip shortages (00:30:25)

9. Outro (00:32:55)