Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus, codenamed SM8475, could be unveiled as early as next Friday, May 20

 

With the exception of Samsung and Huawei phones, Android chipsets are essentially confined to one of two options: Qualcomm or MediaTek, with the latter enjoying near absolute dominance in the flagship market. However, the rivalry is heating up, with MediaTek's latest offers giving the rivals a run for their money. Qualcomm has been working on an update to its flagship CPU to improve on the inadequacies of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 — and as a fresh leak demonstrates, we won't have to wait much longer to see it.

According to Digital Chat Station, a rumour mill on Chinese social media site Weibo, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus, codenamed SM8475, could be unveiled as early as next Friday, May 20, with OEMs proudly announcing devices that will include the chip, including Motorola, whose China-focused Edge X30 was the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 phone.

Unlike that chip, which Samsung has been producing for Qualcomm, GSMArena reports that the Plus variant is most likely being produced by TSMC. Historically, Snapdragon's 'Plus' versions haven't had much of a variation in floorplans from their usual flagship chips, and the same should be true for Gen 1 to Gen 1 Plus, despite the manufacturer switch. The SM8475's CPU unit should keep its one Cortex-X2, three Cortex-A710, and four Cortex-A510 cores, however clock speeds should increase.

Separately, Qualcomm is anticipated to make the long-awaited Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chip public next week, relying on Samsung to create it on a 4nm die, similar to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

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