Qualcomm looks set to adopt a dual-source approach by partnering with both TSMC and Samsung for next year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.
Qualcomm looks set to adopt a dual-source approach by partnering with both TSMC and Samsung for next year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. Credit: 123rf

On Monday, US chip giant Qualcomm announced via the Twitter-like platform Weibo that it would launch a new chipset on March 18. While the exact chipset remains undisclosed, several reports suggest it could be the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, potentially accompanied by the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3. Weibo tech blogger Digital Chat Station indicates the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 will debut on the new Xiaomi Civi 4 smartphone soon. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 may feature a Cortex-X4 prime core running at 3.01GHz, along with four Cortex-A720 performance cores running at 2.61GHz, and three Cortex-A520 efficiency cores running at 1.84GHz, the tech blogger said. Other domestic devices that will apply the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset include the Realme GT Neo6 series, the Redmi Note 13 Turbo, the Vivo Pad 3, and the iQOO Neo9 series. [IThome, in Chinese]