Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a new chip for a high range, and explains its confusing name

Elite Snapdragon 8 is one of the most powerful and capable mobile chips today, promoting several main flagships at the moment. However, very soon it will be replaced by Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5New Qualcomm rate for high -level devices.

While SOC will be officially presented next week, during the Snapdragon summit, Chipera officially confirmed its name. The funny thing is that the company, director Cristiano Amon, took over the work, explaining why he chose a new denomination, knowing that the decision will undoubtedly lead to doubt or confusion.

From Qualcomm, they admitted that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 sounds as if several generations from one year to another were missed. In the end, the Snapdragon 8 Elite to Dry was launched in 2024 and marked the adoption of the specified nomenclature, which forced many to believe that this was the first generation of the product.

However, The company explained that thisThe Snapdragon 8 Elite field was the fourth generation of the premium brand -class line, which began with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, which debuted at the end of 2021. Therefore, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 supports the logical line of its predecessors.

Part of the decision to reflect that this is a fifth -generation product, which is located in Simplify how the audience includes a brand release routeExplains Qualcomm.

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 will be officially presented at the Snapdragon summit

Qualcomm has not yet revealed detailed information about the technical characteristics and advantages of the New Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. However, the California company promises that the chip will provide experience in accordance with the expectations of manufacturers and consumers.

“Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is not just a new processor: this is a decisive moment in our evolution of the premium -level,” the company says. At the moment, it has already been confirmed that the SOC will be responsible for the promotion of the Xiaomi 17 line models. It is also expected that it will be in the Samsung Galaxy S26 and in the next line of mobile phones with high -content OnePlus.

Interestingly, the name is Gen 5 This will not be limited by the next elite Snapdragon 8The field from Qualcomm confirmed that the other chips of their catalog will also implement the nomenclature when they will be updated to the next versions.

“Our Elite NEXT Generation Next Generation Next Generation leads the path, but is part of a wider roadmap. You will see that some future mobile platforms will also accept the name Gen 5. Our nomenclature will help both consumers and manufacturers of original equipment to understand where each product will correspond and when it is launched, ”they said.

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 will become a star Snapdragon Summit 2025The field of the traditional event Qualcomm will be completed from September 23 to 25 In Hawaii.