Qualcomm reportedly changing the naming scheme of its flagship SoCs

15 November 2021
The new name for the Snapdragon 898 probably makes more sense.

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Time for rebranding is coming. Apple with the iphone 14, 15, 16? No they'll have to find another name or else it's ridiculous. Samsung with the S22, 23, 24? No, ridiculous. Xiaomi with 12, 13, 14, again...ridiculous. Time to rebrand.

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    • Anonymous
    • Lj$
    • 15 Nov 2021

    AnonD-558092, 15 Nov 2021What will they do with the refreshes like the SD865+/870? G... moreIf people complain about 888/888+, why would qualcomm in 2022 bring a 888++?

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      • gLn
      • 15 Nov 2021

      Almidani, 15 Nov 2021The new chip will be a hot, throttling mess. Exynos will ta... morenah probably no heating this year
      in both exynos and snapdragon

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        • Anonymous
        • ScY
        • 15 Nov 2021

        Snapdragon F1 would have been a better name.
        (F = flagship)

        It could be accompanied by snapdragon M1 (mid-range)
        And L1 (low-range).

        No reason to have more than 3 different processors per year.
        Plus versions might make sense as an incremental upgrade at 6 months.

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          • 8{X
          • 15 Nov 2021

          Intel has used that nomenclature on its chips for a long time

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            • Anonymous
            • vGF
            • 15 Nov 2021

            Almidani, 15 Nov 2021The new chip will be a hot, throttling mess. Exynos will ta... moreYou forgot A15

              i think there will be a snapdragon 898, 899, 900, and 1000

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                • M@d
                • 15 Nov 2021

                Ha, ha. When there is nothing to do - they usually start with rebranding))
                Then we will possibly see:

                Snapdragon 8 gen1
                Snapdragon 8 gen1 5G
                Snapdragon 8 gen1 Pro
                Snapdragon 8 gen1 Pro 5G
                Snapdragon 8 gen1 Pro Max
                Snapdragon 8 gen1 Pro Max 5G
                Snapdragon 8 gen1 Pro max 5G Ultra
                Snapdragon 8 gen1 Pro max 5G Ultra Gamers Edition

                  Almidani, 15 Nov 2021The new chip will be a hot, throttling mess. Exynos will ta... moreEvery smartphone without a built-in fan will do this. That's just the physics of more powerful chips going into a small form factor device.

                    Smaug would be great name too. Godzilla could be next.

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                      • AnonD-558092
                      • IBQ
                      • 15 Nov 2021

                      What will they do with the refreshes like the SD865+/870? Gen 1+? Gen 1.5?

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                        • Anonymous
                        • mE0
                        • 15 Nov 2021

                        They have the brains and logic to design and produce computer chips, but lack the brains to name them logically...

                          AnonD-994853, 15 Nov 2021Gen 1 because of the overheating The new chip will be a hot, throttling mess. Exynos will take the crown as throttling-King 2022 though.

                            ARMv9 so Snapdragon 900 would have actually been a great name because the Adreno GPU got huge upgrades too apparently and jumped from the Adreno 660 (SD888) to Adreno 730 which means the graphics architecture got significant changes (first digit is the generation, second & third are performance indicators)

                              This makes sense. As the 8 Gen 1 is a real monster. It's the first SoC from Snapdragon branding. That is all truly 64 bit for the first time. So Gen 1 for a first time all 64 bit SoC with the snapdragon branding...

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                                • 15 Nov 2021

                                Gen 1 because of the overheating

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