Thursday, March 21st 2024
Qualcomm Announces the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, Featuring Exceptional On-Device AI Capabilities
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., unveiled today the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 Mobile Platform, bringing on-device generative AI into the Snapdragon 7 series. The Mobile Platform supports a wide range of AI models including large language models (LLMs) such as Baichuan-7B, Llama 2, and Gemini Nano. Fueling extraordinary entertainment capabilities, Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 also brings new select Snapdragon Elite Gaming features to the 7-series including Game Post Processing Accelerator and Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2, enhancing game effects and upscaling gaming content for desktop-level visuals. Plus, this platform brings top-notch photography features with our industry-leading 18-bit cognitive ISP.
"Today, we embark on the latest expansion in the 7-series to create new levels of entertainment for consumers - integrating next-generation technologies for richer experiences," said Chris Patrick, senior vice president and general manager of mobile handsets, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 is packed with support for incredible on-device generative AI features and provides incredible performance and power efficiency, while bringing Wi-Fi 7 to the Snapdragon 7 Series for the first time."
"We are delighted to announce that OnePlus will be among the first smartphone brands to adopt the groundbreaking Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 Mobile Platform," said Louis Li, President of OnePlus China. "With this powerful platform, we are excited to bring our customers outstanding on-device intelligence, exceptional gaming experiences, and remarkable photography capabilities, among other features. Stay tuned for the upcoming announcement of our commercial devices, as we continue to push the boundaries of innovation and deliver extraordinary experiences to our users."
Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 will first be adopted by key OEMs including OnePlus, realme and SHARP with the first device expected to be announced in the next few months. For more information about the platform visit our product brief or website.
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"Today, we embark on the latest expansion in the 7-series to create new levels of entertainment for consumers - integrating next-generation technologies for richer experiences," said Chris Patrick, senior vice president and general manager of mobile handsets, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 is packed with support for incredible on-device generative AI features and provides incredible performance and power efficiency, while bringing Wi-Fi 7 to the Snapdragon 7 Series for the first time."
Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 will first be adopted by key OEMs including OnePlus, realme and SHARP with the first device expected to be announced in the next few months. For more information about the platform visit our product brief or website.
31 Comments on Qualcomm Announces the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, Featuring Exceptional On-Device AI Capabilities
Oh, do you mean an actual advantage for the chip? Ummm.... slightly faster BF16 and/or INT8 SIMD operations and matrix multiplications?
ARM always was ARM. ARM never made a chip, ever. ARM just sells chip designs to other companies (such as Intel, Qualcomm, NVidia, AMD, Microchip, TI, etc. etc.). Qualcomm is also a fabless chip company, as in they don't own any factories that can make chips, so they take ARM's design, customize it a bit more, call it a Snapdragon and then finally sends the order to TSMC to build the final chip.
So if Intel had pushed more effort on XScale( Intel sold it ) instead of Atom, today it would be another player in the ARM ecosystem.
Intel would likely be about the same level of ARM-competitor as Microchip's SAMA5D2 line, which exists today but... its not like a major ARM player.
That's the thing. If you compete on commodity processors (like ARM), there's no guarantee that you'll turn into Apple or Qualcomm. You're far more likely to turn into Ti, Microchip or NXP. Still respectable chipmakers but not the top end. Tech is very much a winner-take-all system, the losers lose everything.
I don't think Intel XScale was ever at the same level of reputation as TI AM335x processors either. I'd say Intel likely made the right choice to pull out but XScale really was long before my time. So maybe you'll find some XScale fanboy out there who can give you more details, lol. But from my more modern lens, I think Intel made the right choice to leave.