Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit Details the Transition to 2 Nanometer Node Technology with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Reality Elite Platforms Amid Rising Manufacturing Costs
Qualcomm is the latest tech firm to announce the dates for its exclusive annual Snapdragon Summit. This year the mega event is set to take place in Hawaii during the late summer days. While details are emerging, the summit is set to be Qualcomm's virtual global launch for next generation mobile silicon components.
The top feature of the upcoming conference will focus on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro. This conference will showcase the reality of officially moving to a more refined 2 nm manufacturing process, enabling key gains in efficiency and thermals over existing systems on chip. The industry will closely monitor these developments to draw benchmarks for high end mobile devices.
According to early leaks, the product announcements could go beyond the flagship series. Rumors indicate a 5th generation Pro built on an enhanced 3 nm procedure, providing an intermediate level option for device manufacturers. Furthermore, internal sources suggest a new platform called Reality Elite is in the works, which is designed to support workloads related to virtual as well as augmented reality processing.
Apart from benchmark figures, the most common topic of discussion regarding these new on chip platforms is the manufacturing cost. Moving to a 2 nm node is notoriously costly. As silicon manufacturing costs continue to increase, we can predict that the impact on the final consumer hardware market will likely increase retail prices. High end smartphone manufacturers will find it increasingly difficult to pass on those costs to the end user.
