Qualcomm Teases Next-generation Snapdragon Wearable Platform

Chip-making large Qualcomm is working to introduce a brand new wearable SoC as the corporate has posted a brand new teaser from its Twitter deal with. Qualcomm Snapdragon’s tweet drops a teaser of the next-gen wearable chipset it’s engaged on.

“The clock is ticking on one thing large. 👀⌚,” Snapdragon tweeted late on Tuesday evening.

The clock is ticking on one thing large. 👀⌚ pic.twitter.com/0bYaGf3SrF

— Snapdragon (@Snapdragon) July 12, 2022

The cryptic quick video teased by Qualcomm doesn’t reveal a lot concerning the upcoming SoC for wearables, together with the mannequin or title. The tweet reads: the clock is ticking on one thing large which signifies that the launch could occur quickly. There’s a smartwatch emoji and a pair of eyes emoji on the finish of the tweet.

Taking Qualcomm’s previous nomenclature, the upcoming SoC is prone to be the Snapdragon 5100. In keeping with earlier leaks and rumours, Qualcomm is prone to launch Snapdragon 5100+ together with the Snapdragon 5100 SoC. The present-gen Qualcomm Snapdragon Put on 4100+ chipset is constructed on the 12nm course of and included a brand new co-processor to assist deal with extra background duties equivalent to sound and sensor enter.

It needs to be famous that Snapdragon 4100+ launched efficiency and battery enhancements over the predecessor Snapdragon Put on 3100 chipset. The AON co-processor in Snapdragon 4100+ helps as much as 64K colors and contains steady coronary heart price monitoring, sooner tilt-to-wake responsiveness, steps, alarms, timers and haptics.

In the meantime, the San Diego, California-headquartered firm was amongst Samsung Electronics’ high 5 purchasers within the first quarter, largely attributable to chip contract manufacturing, stated a current report. In a quarterly company submitting, the South Korean tech large named Apple, Greatest Purchase, Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm and Supreme Electronics as its 5 largest purchasers. Mixed, they accounted for 14 per cent of Samsung’s whole gross sales.