Qualcomm Teases Subsequent-Era Snapdragon Put on Chipset for Smartwatches

Qualcomm has teased the next-generation of the Snapdragon Put on chipset for smartwatches on Twitter. The chipmaker, nonetheless, didn’t give out any details about the title of the SoC nor its USP. It’s anticipated to comply with Qualcomm’s naming fashion and shall be a successor to the Snapdragon Put on 4100+ chipset. The event comes a couple of month after the San Diego-based firm revealed the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, an upgraded model of its flagship SoC, and the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC — the successor to the Snapdragon 778G SoC.

Qualcomm made the announcement by the Snapdragon twitter deal with that clearly exhibits a chipset and a smartwatch in a small video clip. The caption of the tweet reads “The clock is ticking on one thing huge”, clearly suggesting a chipset for wearables. The upcoming wearables chipset title and have aren’t identified but, however it could be referred to as Snapdragon Put on 5100 Platform — the subsequent in line as per Qualcomm’s naming scheme. The corporate additionally hasn’t revealed any details about its companions that shall be utilizing this platform.

Qualcomm’s final providing — the Snapdragon Put on 4100+ — was launched in 2020. It was claimed to ship 85 p.c greater efficiency in comparison with the Snapdragon Put on 3100 platform and scale back energy consumption. Qualcomm says that the chipset utilises the 12nm low energy course of expertise to ship as much as 25 p.c prolonged battery life. It got here with AON co-processor that provides assist for as much as 64K colors, steady coronary heart price monitoring, sooner tilt-to-wake responsiveness, steps, alarms, timers, and haptics.

Earlier this 12 months, Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC — an improve to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 platform — and the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC as successor to the Snapdragon 778G SoC. The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is claimed to ship as much as 10 p.c sooner CPU efficiency and 30 p.c improved energy effectivity over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 is touted to supply 20 p.c sooner graphics rendering over its predecessor.