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Qualcomm has announced a new chipset in the mid-range Snapdragon 7-series, the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. It comes as a successor to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset from 2022. The new mid-range chipset promises double the performance of its predecessor. Built on the 4nm fabrication node of TSMC , the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 chipset has a 1+3+4 architecture, with the main Kryo Cortex X-2 core clocked at up to 2.91GHz, 3x Cortex A710 cores running at up to2.49GHz, and rest 4 cores are Cortex A510 efficiency cores clocked at up to 1.8GHz. Qualcomm says that the new Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 can deliver up to 50 percent more performance compared to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset. Taking care of the graphics is an unnamed Adreno GPU , which as per Qualcomm, offers twice the performance gains with a slight improvement in efficiency. The chipset brings Snapdragon Elite Gaming features onboard, including Auto Variable Rate Shading (VRS), Volumetric Rendering, and Snapdragon … [Read more...] about Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2: 50% faster CPU, 2x GPU

The big picture: Qualcomm may be the leading mobile chipmaker at the top end of the market, but in the mid-range, the company faces serious competition from Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek, whose SoCs have become increasingly more common in affordable devices, especially in China, India and other international markets. Qualcomm recently announced the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 mobile chipset for premium mid-range smartphones. It is the second Snapdragon 7-series SoC announced by Qualcomm, and an upgrade over last year's Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC. The company never announced a '+' variant of the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, nor did it release a standard Snapdragon 7 Gen 2. In terms of hardware specs, Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 packs an octa-core CPU with a 1+3+4 core configuration that includes a Cortex-X2 Prime core at 2.91GHz, three Cortex-A710 Performance cores at 2.49GHz, and four Cortex A510 Efficiency cores at 1.8GHz. The new chip also comes with an unspecified Adreno GPU with … [Read more...] about Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 brings faster performance, better photography, and more