#Snapdragon

9 Stories

product preview of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 in front of a dark blue background

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 Is Here for Next Generation Mid-Range Phones

Anshuman Jain
View quick summary
The Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 processor has been announced with improvements over its predecessor. Notable upgrades include fabrication on TSMC's 4nm process, ARMv9 cores, a 29% better GPU, support for 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage, and a 5G modem with mmWave and sub-6GHz support.
Qualcomm confirms chipset vulnerability

Qualcomm Confirms Cyberattack on Android Phones with Its Chipsets

Sagnik Das Gupta
View quick summary
Researchers at Google Threat Analysis Group and Amnesty International Security Lab have spotted a major flaw in Qualcomm's chipsets that makes them vulnerable to cyberattacks. Qualcomm has finally confirmed the existence of this vulnerability and taken to its security bulletin to list the affected chipsets. See all the details here!
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3

Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Is Merely an Overclocked Two-Year-Old Qualcomm Chip

Sagnik Das Gupta
View quick summary
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 has silently released as a slightly overclocked successor to the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1. The difference lies in the fact that the 6 Gen 3 uses performance cores clocked at 2.4GHz instead of 2.2GHz. It still uses the same four efficiency cores as the 6 Gen 1. Besides that, there's nothing extra that it brings to the table. What makes it all the more convoluted is that the 6 Gen 3 is also very similar to the 7s Gen 2 from the Snapdragon 7-series.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Snapdragon naming scheme explained

Qualcomm Snapdragon Naming Scheme Explained (2024)

Sagnik Das Gupta
View quick summary
Given how big Qualcomm's processor catalog is, it is understandable if the different generations and classes of Snapdragon chipsets confuse you. Well, they have a strategy in place for naming the Snapdragon chipsets the way that they do. The Snapdragon X Gen x series are the regular versions of the processors. Meanwhile, the Snapdragon Xs Gen x chipsets are underclocked to be cheaper, while Snapdragon X+ Gen x chipsets are overclocked to deliver more performance.