Qualcomm, the American semiconductor company, has already unveiled two processors in its Snapdragon 4-series, and the next one is revealed to be in the works.
A new update from a tipster on the Twitter/X platform has pointed to some of its details such as the model number, motherboard codename, and some testing information.
Read more about it below.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 3 in the Works?
This update is from the tipster @rquandt and is considered to be the very first update concerning the next Snapdragon 4 Gen 3 chipset. As per what has been shared, the processor is suggested to have the model number – “SM4635” and the codename – “Kalpeni”. The tipster has also pointed out that the processor is currently being tested on a device with 6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB UFS 3.1 internal storage.
Qualcomm "Snapdragon 4 Gen 3" SM4635 is happening. Project "Kalpeni". In testing with 6GB LPDDR4X and 256GB UFS 3.1 flash.
— Roland Quandt (@rquandt) February 5, 2024
Nothing else has been shared and nothing more is known as of now. But based on some assumptions, the Snapdragon 4 Gen 3 will probably only be unveiled in the coming summer.
Speaking of the previous Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 processors, they were unveiled on the 6th of October 2022 and 26th of June 2023 respectively. The two are value-tier chipsets that are 5G-ready and which came particularly on mid-range smartphone and tablet devices.
Regarding their architecture, the chipsets consist of 8 cores comprising of two Cortex A78 and six Cortex A55 cores [Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 – 2.0GHz Cortex A78 x 2 + 1.8GHz Cortex A55 x 6; Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 – 2.2GHz Cortex A78 x 2 + 2.0GHz Cortex A55 x 6] with Adreno 619 and Adreno 613 GPU’s respectively. Also to add, when the first generation Snapdragon 4 processor was made by TSMC using 6nm process technology, the second generation chipset was made by Samsung with the 4nm process technology.
Stay tuned for more updates.
