Qualcomm released an improved version in May S8+ Gen 1 Later, it is also expected that the next-generation flagship processor S8 Gen 2 will be launched at the end of this year, and the whistleblower has also brought news of the new processor to everyone. It seems that Qualcomm’s new processor will have four core clusters. And there is a group that still retains the architecture of the previous generation.
Digital chat station broke the news on the Weibo of Qualcomm S8 Gen 2 specification structure, S8G2 will continue to use Qualcomm 4nm process to build, and will use 1+2+2+3 four-cluster design, respectively for an X3 large core, Two A720 mid-core, two A710 mid-core and three A510 small cores, with Adreno 740 graphics processor.
Sharp-eyed netizens will find that the S8G2 adopts the design of the coexistence of core architectures in two generations. The current guess is that the architecture of ARMv9 adopts 64-bit instruction set, and only A710 supports 32-bit. It may be to improve compatibility, Qualcomm will decide Reserved, and the digital chat station also revealed that although it is both 4nm, there may be some surprises in the S8G2 process.
Citing source:Digital Chat Station (Weibo)