Qualcomm ticks up as chipmaker officially unveils Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Seeking Alpha News (Wed, 02-Apr 11:29 AM)

  • Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) shares ticked up fractionally on Wednesday as the San Diego-based chipmaker officially unveiled its Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset.
  • The chipset, which is believed to use Taiwan Semiconductor's (TSM) 4 nanometer process, will offer support for Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, UFS 4.0 and other technologies. It
  • also offers a 49% improvement on graphics compared to the previous generation Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, Qualcomm added.
  • Qualcomm also said the new Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 has artificial intelligence-related improvements compared to the previous generation, with the system-on-a-chip showing a 44% performance improvement due to a better neural processing unit. 
  • The Cristiano Amon-led company did not say when the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset would be available, but it is expected to be used by several Android handset makers in the near future.