HEXUS news has followed the development of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 closely. It could be said that Qualcomm had a bit of a crisis with its previous flagship processor, the Snapdragon 810, with various media reports and customer feedback concerning its overheating and/or significant thermal throttling. However the new Snapdragon 820 brings many advancements such as "ultra-fast performance, leading connectivity, strong security, and long battery life". Qualcomm's upcoming flagship processor will be manufactured using Samsung's 14nm FinFET LPP (Low Power Plus) technology.
It's been just over a month since the new SoC was launched and now we are hearing that Qualcomm will "land a majority of chip orders for high-end Android phones in 2016". Industry sources speaking to Taiwan's DigiTimes say that Samsung Electronics, HTC, Sony Mobile Communications, LG Electronics, Xiaomi Technology and others have all decided to design high-end Android smartphones based around the Snapdragon 820. It is noted that the Snapdragon 820 has won design-in in more than 70 models of smartphones and tablets destined to be released in Q1 2016 and shortly after.
As explanation of the groundswell of adoption it is reported that clients have new confidence in Qualcomm as the Snapdragon 820 "has addressed the overheating issue of the predecessor the Snapdragon 810, while also further improving the performance and battery life".
Earlier this week Qualcomm decided not to split its IP and chipmaking divisions. Perhaps the good news of dominating the non-Apple high-end devices landscape in 2016 made a difference in that decision.
In other recent Qualcomm news the firm has decided to rename the Snapdragon 620 and 618 processors as the Snapdragon 652 and 650, respectively. This new naming scheme makes it clearer that there are "significant modem, processing, graphics, and camera advantages" on offer, compared to other 600 series processors such as the 615, 616 and 617.
