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- A new leak has dished out apparent Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 specs.
- The chipset is rumored to offer a quad-tier CPU layout.
- Qualcomm might use two older CPU cores for 32-bit compatibility.
Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (SM8450) late last year, powering a variety of flagship smartphones in 2022. The company only launched the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 last month, but an established leaker has dished out some rather weird specs.
Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station has posted purported specs for the SM8550 chipset, codenamed Kailua and expected to be the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The claimed specs include a 4nm TSMC design and an Adreno 740 GPU. We certainly hope Qualcomm uses a 4nm TSMC process as it seems to deliver major efficiency improvements over Samsung’s 4nm process. However, it’s the apparent CPU layout that has our attention.