<s>
Snapdragon	B-Application
is	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
semiconductor	O
products	O
for	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
designed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Qualcomm	O
Technologies	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
's	O
central	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
(	O
CPU	O
)	O
uses	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
single	O
SoC	O
may	O
include	O
multiple	O
CPU	B-Architecture
cores	I-Architecture
,	O
an	O
Adreno	B-General_Concept
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
unit	I-Architecture
(	O
GPU	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
a	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
wireless	B-Device
modem	I-Device
,	O
a	O
Hexagon	B-General_Concept
digital	B-Architecture
signal	I-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
(	O
DSP	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
Qualcomm	O
Spectra	O
image	B-General_Concept
signal	I-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
(	O
ISP	O
)	O
and	O
other	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
to	O
support	O
a	O
smartphone	O
's	O
global	O
positioning	O
system	O
(	O
GPS	O
)	O
,	O
camera	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
audio	O
,	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
recognition	I-General_Concept
and	O
AI	B-General_Concept
acceleration	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
often	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
mobile	B-Application
platform	I-Application
"	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapdragon	B-Application
865	O
5G	O
Mobile	B-Application
Platform	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapdragon	B-Application
semiconductors	O
are	O
embedded	O
in	O
devices	O
of	O
various	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
and	O
netbooks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
processors	O
,	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
line	O
includes	O
modems	O
,	O
Wi-Fi	O
chips	O
and	O
mobile	O
charging	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
QSD8250	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualcomm	O
introduced	O
its	O
"	O
Krait	O
"	O
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
second	O
generation	O
of	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
SoCs	I-Architecture
in	O
2011	O
,	O
allowing	O
each	O
processor	O
core	O
to	O
adjust	O
its	O
speed	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2013	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
introduced	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
800	O
series	O
and	O
renamed	O
prior	O
models	O
as	O
the	O
200	O
,	O
400	O
and	O
600	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
new	O
iterations	O
have	O
been	O
introduced	O
since	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
805	O
,	O
810	O
,	O
615	O
and	O
410	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualcomm	O
re-branded	O
its	O
modem	O
products	O
under	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
name	O
in	O
February	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Asus	O
,	O
HP	O
and	O
Lenovo	O
have	O
begun	O
selling	O
laptops	B-Device
with	O
Snapdragon-based	O
CPUs	O
running	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Always	O
Connected	O
PCs	B-Device
"	O
,	O
marking	O
an	O
entry	O
into	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
market	O
for	O
Qualcomm	O
and	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
it	O
was	O
developing	O
the	O
Scorpion	B-Application
central	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
(	O
CPU	O
)	O
in	O
November	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
November	O
2006	O
and	O
included	O
the	O
Scorpion	B-Application
processor	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
semiconductors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
also	O
included	O
Qualcomm	O
's	O
first	O
custom	O
Hexagon	B-General_Concept
digital	B-Architecture
signal	I-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
(	O
DSP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
Qualcomm	O
spokesperson	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
named	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
,	O
because	O
"	O
Snap	O
and	O
Dragon	O
sounded	O
fast	O
and	O
fierce.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
month	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
acquired	O
Airgo	O
Networks	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
;	O
it	O
said	O
Airgo	O
's	O
802.11a/b/g	O
and	O
802.11n	O
Wi-Fi	O
technology	O
would	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
product	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
of	O
Scorpion	B-Application
had	O
a	O
processor	O
core	O
design	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Cortex-A8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
shipments	O
were	O
of	O
the	O
QSD8250	O
in	O
November	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
CNET	O
,	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
's	O
claim	O
to	O
fame	O
was	O
having	O
the	O
first	O
1GHz	O
mobile	O
made	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
products	O
supported	O
a	O
720p	O
resolution	O
,	O
3D	O
graphics	O
and	O
a	O
12-megapixel	O
camera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
November	O
2008	O
,	O
15	O
device	O
manufacturers	O
decided	O
to	O
embed	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
chips	O
in	O
their	O
consumer	O
electronics	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2008	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
also	O
compete	O
against	O
Intel	O
in	O
the	O
netbook	B-Device
processor	O
market	O
with	O
dual-core	B-Architecture
Snapdragon	B-Application
system-on-chips	O
planned	O
for	O
late	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
demonstrated	O
a	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
processor	O
that	O
consumed	O
less	O
power	O
than	O
Intel	O
chips	O
announced	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
and	O
claimed	O
it	O
would	O
also	O
cost	O
less	O
when	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
introduced	O
a	O
Snapdragon-based	O
prototype	O
netbook	B-Device
called	O
Kayak	O
that	O
used	O
1.5GHz	O
processors	O
and	O
was	O
intended	O
for	O
developing	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
SE	I-Language
was	O
ported	O
and	O
optimized	O
for	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
November	O
2009	O
Computex	O
Taipei	O
show	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
the	O
QSD8650A	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
product	O
suite	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
45	O
nanometer	O
manufacturing	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
late	O
2009	O
,	O
smartphone	O
manufacturers	O
announced	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
using	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
SoCs	I-Architecture
in	O
the	O
Acer	B-Application
Liquid	I-Application
Metal	I-Application
,	O
HTC	O
HD2	O
,	O
Toshiba	O
TG01	O
and	O
the	O
Sony	B-Application
Ericsson	I-Application
Xperia	I-Application
X10	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lenovo	O
announced	O
the	O
first	O
netbook	B-Device
product	O
using	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
SoCs	I-Architecture
that	O
December	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
PC	B-Device
World	O
,	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
using	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
had	O
longer	O
battery	O
life	O
and	O
were	O
smaller	O
in	O
size	O
than	O
those	O
using	O
other	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
chips	O
were	O
embedded	O
in	O
20	O
available	O
consumer	O
devices	O
and	O
incorporated	O
into	O
120	O
product	O
designs	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
had	O
a	O
dominant	O
market	O
position	O
for	O
smartphones	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
incorporate	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
into	O
any	O
of	O
its	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
success	O
of	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
therefore	O
relied	O
on	O
competing	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Google	O
's	O
Nexus	B-Application
One	I-Application
and	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Incredible	I-Application
,	O
challenging	O
Apple	O
's	O
market	O
position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
devices	O
did	O
end	O
up	O
taking	O
market	O
share	O
from	O
the	O
iPhone	O
and	O
predominantly	O
used	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
an	O
"	O
unconfirmed	O
but	O
widely	O
circulated	O
report	O
"	O
speculating	O
that	O
Apple	O
was	O
going	O
to	O
start	O
using	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
SoCs	I-Architecture
in	O
Verizon-based	O
iPhones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
7	O
operating	O
systems	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2011	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
was	O
embedded	O
in	O
Hewlett	O
Packard	O
's	O
WebOS	O
devices	O
and	O
had	O
a	O
50%	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
a	O
$7.9	O
billion	O
smartphone	O
processor	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
had	O
grown	O
to	O
84.6	O
percent	O
,	O
and	O
Qualcomm	O
's	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
chips	O
were	O
embedded	O
in	O
41%	O
of	O
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapdragon	B-Application
chips	O
are	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
most	O
Android-based	O
smartwatches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapdragon	B-Application
products	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
virtual	O
reality	O
products	O
,	O
in	O
vehicles	O
like	O
the	O
Maserati	O
Quattroporte	O
and	O
Cadillac	O
XTS	O
and	O
in	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
began	O
sampling	O
the	O
third	O
generation	O
of	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
products	O
;	O
two	O
dual-core	B-Architecture
1.2GHz	O
system	O
on	O
chips	O
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
called	O
the	O
Mobile	B-Architecture
Station	I-Architecture
Modem	I-Architecture
(	O
MSM	O
)	O
8260	O
and	O
8660	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
S4-based	O
generation	O
of	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
SoCs	I-Architecture
began	O
shipping	O
to	O
product	O
manufacturers	O
with	O
the	O
MSM8960	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
overall	O
system	O
benchmark	O
,	O
the	O
8960	O
obtained	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
907	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
528	O
and	O
658	O
for	O
the	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Nexus	I-Application
and	O
HTC	B-Application
Rezound	I-Application
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
Quadrant	O
benchmark	O
test	O
,	O
which	O
assesses	O
raw	O
processing	O
power	O
,	O
a	O
dual-core	B-Architecture
Krait	O
processor	O
had	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
4	O
,	O
952	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
quad-core	B-Architecture
Tegra	B-Operating_System
3	O
was	O
just	O
under	O
4,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
quad-core	B-Architecture
version	O
,	O
APQ8064	O
,	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
July	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
SoC	I-Architecture
to	O
use	O
Qualcomm	O
's	O
Adreno	B-General_Concept
320	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
unit	I-Architecture
(	O
GPU	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adoption	O
of	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
contributed	O
to	O
Qualcomm	O
's	O
transition	O
from	O
a	O
wireless	B-Device
modem	I-Device
company	O
to	O
one	O
that	O
also	O
produces	O
a	O
wider	O
range	O
of	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
for	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2011	O
Qualcomm	O
acquired	O
certain	O
assets	O
from	O
GestureTek	B-General_Concept
in	O
order	O
to	O
incorporate	O
its	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
recognition	I-General_Concept
intellectual	O
property	O
into	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
SoCs	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2012	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
software	O
development	O
kit	O
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
at	O
the	O
Uplinq	O
developer	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDK	O
includes	O
tools	O
for	O
facial	O
recognition	O
,	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
recognition	I-General_Concept
,	O
noise	O
cancellation	O
and	O
audio	O
recording	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
November	O
Qualcomm	O
acquired	O
some	O
assets	O
from	O
EPOS	O
Development	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
integrate	O
its	O
stylus	O
and	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
recognition	I-General_Concept
technology	O
into	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
collaborated	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
optimize	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
8	O
for	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
semiconductors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
S4	O
(	O
Krait	O
core	O
)	O
had	O
taken	O
a	O
dominant	O
share	O
from	O
other	O
Android	O
system-on-chips	O
like	O
Nvidia	B-Operating_System
Tegra	I-Operating_System
and	O
Texas	B-Device
Instruments	I-Device
OMAP	I-Device
which	O
caused	O
the	O
latter	O
to	O
exit	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
had	O
grown	O
to	O
84.6	O
percent	O
,	O
and	O
Qualcomm	O
's	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
chips	O
powered	O
41%	O
of	O
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
September	O
2013	O
debut	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
64-bit	O
A7	O
chip	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
5S	I-Operating_System
forced	O
Qualcomm	O
to	O
rush	O
out	O
a	O
competing	O
64-bit	O
solution	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
capable	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
800/801/805	O
,	O
since	O
their	O
existing	O
Krait	O
cores	O
were	O
only	O
32-bit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
64-bit	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
,	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
808	O
and	O
810	O
,	O
were	O
rushed	O
to	O
market	O
using	O
generic	O
Cortex-A57	O
and	O
Cortex-A53	O
cores	O
and	O
suffered	O
from	O
overheating	O
problems	O
and	O
throttling	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
810	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
Samsung	B-Application
ditching	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
for	O
its	O
Galaxy	B-Application
S6	I-Application
flagship	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
entry-level	O
200	O
series	O
was	O
expanded	O
with	O
six	O
new	O
processors	O
using	O
28	O
nanometer	O
manufacturing	O
and	O
dual	O
or	O
quad-core	B-Architecture
options	O
in	O
June	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
entry-level	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
210	O
,	O
intended	O
for	O
low-cost	O
phones	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Qualcomm	O
's	O
first	O
attempt	O
at	O
64-bit	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
,	O
they	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
in-house	O
architecture	O
that	O
in	O
later	O
models	O
showed	O
better	O
thermal	O
performance	O
,	O
especially	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
models	O
launched	O
after	O
2015	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
820	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2016	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
launched	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
820	O
,	O
an	O
ARM	O
64-bit	O
quad-core	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
using	O
in-house	O
designed	O
Kryo	B-Application
cores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualcomm	O
launched	O
an	O
updated	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
821	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
with	O
higher	O
clock	O
speeds	O
and	O
slightly	O
better	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
820	O
family	O
uses	O
Samsung	B-Application
's	O
14-nanometer	B-Algorithm
FinFET	O
process	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualcomm	O
also	O
released	O
the	O
Qualcomm	B-Architecture
Snapdragon	I-Architecture
Neural	O
Processing	O
Engine	O
SDK	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
AI	B-General_Concept
acceleration	I-General_Concept
on	O
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
the	O
octa-core	B-Architecture
Snapdragon	B-Application
835	O
SoC	O
on	O
17	O
November	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
Kryo	B-Application
280	O
cores	O
and	O
is	O
built	O
using	O
Samsung	B-Application
's	O
10	B-Algorithm
nanometer	I-Algorithm
FinFET	O
process	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
initial	O
launch	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
Samsung	B-Application
's	O
role	O
in	O
manufacturing	O
the	O
chip	O
,	O
its	O
mobile	O
division	O
also	O
acquired	O
the	O
initial	O
inventory	O
of	O
the	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
means	O
that	O
no	O
other	O
phone	O
maker	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
manufacture	O
products	O
containing	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
835	O
until	O
Samsung	B-Application
released	O
its	O
flagship	O
device	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
Galaxy	B-Application
S8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Computex	O
2017	O
in	O
May	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
launch	O
Snapdragon-based	O
laptops	B-Device
running	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualcomm	O
partnered	O
with	O
HP	O
,	O
Lenovo	O
,	O
and	O
Asus	O
to	O
release	O
slim	O
portables	O
and	O
2-in-1	O
devices	O
powered	O
by	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
835	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
the	O
octa-core	B-Architecture
Snapdragon	B-Application
845	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
10-nanometer	O
manufacturing	O
process	B-Architecture
as	O
the	O
earlier	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
835	O
but	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
processor	O
architecture	O
,	O
Kryo	B-Application
385	O
,	O
designed	O
for	O
better	O
battery	O
life	O
,	O
photography	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
700	O
launched	O
with	O
octa-core	B-Architecture
models	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
710	O
and	O
712	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
Kryo	B-Application
360	O
processor	O
architecture	O
,	O
and	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
10-nanometer	O
manufacturing	O
process	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
released	O
new	O
variants	O
of	O
its	O
mobile	O
processors	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
855	O
replacing	O
the	O
845	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
855	O
competes	O
against	O
other	O
high	O
end	O
system-on-chip	B-Architecture
solutions	O
like	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
A12	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Kirin	B-Architecture
980	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
855	O
features	O
Kryo	B-Application
485	O
cores	O
,	O
built	O
on	O
TSMC	O
's	O
7	B-Algorithm
nanometer	I-Algorithm
process	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
730	O
and	O
730G	O
replaced	O
the	O
710	O
and	O
712	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newer	O
730	O
and	O
730G	O
feature	O
Kryo	B-Application
460	O
cores	O
,	O
built	O
on	O
Samsung	B-Application
's	O
8-nanometer	O
process	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
865	O
and	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
765	O
,	O
which	O
succeeded	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
855/855	O
+	O
and	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
730/730G	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
765	O
has	O
integrated	O
5G	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
865	O
is	O
assisted	O
by	O
a	O
separate	O
Qualcomm	O
X55	O
5G	O
modem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
lacking	O
integrated	O
5G	O
,	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
865	O
is	O
incompatible	O
with	O
4G	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
the	O
new	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
768G	O
5G	O
processor	O
,	O
an	O
upgraded	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
765G	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
unveiled	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
750G	O
processor	O
,	O
the	O
latest	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
7-series	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
bring	O
5G	O
support	O
for	O
low-latency	O
mobile	O
gaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
unveiled	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
888	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
888	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Samsung	B-Application
5nm	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	O
of	O
5	O
watts	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
can	O
be	O
altered	O
by	O
the	O
manufacturer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NASA	O
's	O
Ingenuity	O
helicopter	O
,	O
which	O
landed	O
on	O
Mars	O
,	O
runs	O
a	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
801	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
their	O
new	O
model	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
8	O
plus	O
Gen	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualcomm	O
states	O
the	O
upgraded	O
model	O
will	O
offer	O
10%	O
faster	O
CPU	O
performance	O
,	O
10%	O
faster	O
GPU	B-Architecture
clocks	O
,	O
30%	O
power	O
efficiency	O
from	O
both	O
the	O
CPU	O
and	O
GPU	B-Architecture
,	O
20%	O
better	O
AI	O
performance	O
per	O
watt	O
and	O
15%	O
less	O
power	O
usage	O
total	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
following	O
this	O
announcement	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
also	O
announced	O
the	O
new	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
7	O
gen	O
1	O
aimed	O
at	O
gamers	O
with	O
a	O
20%	O
better	O
graphics	O
performance	O
over	O
the	O
prior	O
gen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapdragon	B-Application
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
products	O
typically	O
include	O
a	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
unit	I-Architecture
(	O
GPU	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
a	O
global	O
positioning	O
system	O
(	O
GPS	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
cellular	B-Device
modem	I-Device
integrated	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
23	O
different	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
processors	O
under	O
the	O
200	O
,	O
400	O
,	O
600	O
,	O
700	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
800	O
product	O
families	O
spanning	O
from	O
low	O
to	O
high-end	O
respectively	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Wi-Fi	O
and	O
mobile	O
charging	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
their	O
components	O
include	O
the	O
Adreno	B-General_Concept
graphics	O
processing	O
,	O
the	O
Qualcomm	B-General_Concept
Hexagon	I-General_Concept
DSP	O
and	O
processors	O
using	O
Qualcomm	O
's	O
S4	O
processor	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
naming	O
scheme	O
was	O
implemented	O
after	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
800	O
family	O
was	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
2013	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
;	O
prior	O
models	O
were	O
renamed	O
to	O
the	O
200	O
,	O
400	O
or	O
600	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
600	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
by	O
mid-year	O
was	O
embedded	O
in	O
most	O
new	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
805	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
introduced	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
600	O
called	O
602A	O
that	O
is	O
intended	O
for	O
in-car	O
infotainment	O
screens	O
,	O
backup	O
cameras	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
driver	O
assistance	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
quad-core	B-Architecture
Snapdragon	B-Application
610	O
and	O
eight-core	O
615	O
were	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
808	O
and	O
810	O
were	O
announced	O
in	O
April	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
835	O
,	O
announced	O
in	O
November	O
2017	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Qualcomm	O
SOC	O
that	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
10nm	B-Algorithm
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
re-branded	O
its	O
stand-alone	O
modem	O
products	O
under	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
name	O
;	O
they	O
were	O
distinguished	O
from	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
using	O
the	O
"	O
x	O
"	O
designation	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
X7	O
or	O
X12	O
modem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
modem	I-Application
for	O
5G	O
networks	O
,	O
the	O
X50	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
October	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
2GBs	O
X24	O
modem	O
on	O
a	O
7	B-Algorithm
nanometer	I-Algorithm
manufacturing	O
process	B-Architecture
that	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
CNET	O
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
phones	I-Protocol
were	O
growing	O
in	O
US	O
market	O
share	O
and	O
ranked	O
highly	O
in	O
CNET	O
reviews	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
responsiveness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
SoCs	I-Architecture
are	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
most	O
Windows	B-Protocol
phones	I-Protocol
and	O
most	O
phones	O
entering	O
the	O
market	O
in	O
mid-2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LG	B-Application
G2	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
phone	O
to	O
market	O
using	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
800	O
in	O
August	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
introduced	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
X20	O
,	O
intended	O
for	O
5G	O
cell	O
phone	O
networks	O
,	O
and	O
two	O
new	O
chips	O
for	O
802.11ax	O
commercial	O
Wi-Fi	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
632	O
,	O
439	O
and	O
429	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
the	O
8cx	O
at	O
their	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
Tech	O
Summit	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
8cx	O
is	O
Qualcomm	O
's	O
first	O
SoC	O
specifically	O
designed	O
for	O
Always	O
Connected	O
PC	B-Device
(	O
ACPC	O
)	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Qualcomm	O
's	O
past	O
ACPC	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
which	O
were	O
just	O
their	O
respective	O
mobile	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
at	O
higher	O
TDP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualcomm	O
also	O
showcased	O
their	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
X50	O
5G	O
modem	O
,	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
855	O
and	O
QTM052	O
mmWave	O
Antenna	O
Module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
their	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
X55	O
5G	O
modem	O
,	O
QTM525	O
mmWave	O
antenna	O
module	O
,	O
QET6100	O
envelope	O
tracker	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
QAT3555	O
antenna	O
impedance	O
tuner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
a	O
refresh	O
of	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
855	O
,	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
855+	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
essentially	O
an	O
overclocked	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
855	O
with	O
both	O
faster	O
CPU	O
and	O
GPU	B-Architecture
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
X52	O
5G	O
modem	O
alongside	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
765	O
and	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
865	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Benchmark	O
tests	O
of	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
800	O
's	O
processor	O
by	O
PC	B-Device
Magazine	O
found	O
that	O
its	O
processing	O
power	O
was	O
comparable	O
to	O
similar	O
products	O
from	O
Nvidia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Benchmarks	O
of	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
805	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
Adreno	B-General_Concept
420	O
GPU	B-Architecture
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
40	O
percent	O
improvement	O
in	O
graphics	O
processing	O
over	O
the	O
Adreno	B-General_Concept
330	O
in	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
800	O
,	O
though	O
there	O
were	O
only	O
slight	O
differences	O
in	O
processor	O
benchmarks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Benchmarks	O
of	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
801	O
inside	O
an	O
HTC	B-Application
One	I-Application
found	O
a	O
"	O
bump	O
all	O
around	O
"	O
in	O
benchmark	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	O
800	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
's	O
decision	O
not	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
810	O
in	O
its	O
Galaxy	B-Application
S6	I-Application
had	O
a	O
significant	O
detrimental	O
impact	O
on	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
's	O
revenues	O
and	O
reputation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
and	O
was	O
found	O
to	O
moderately	O
improve	O
thermal	O
throttling	O
,	O
GPU	B-Architecture
clock	O
speeds	O
,	O
memory	O
latency	O
,	O
and	O
memory	O
bandwidth	O
when	O
tested	O
in	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
,	O
the	O
Xiaomi	O
Mi	O
Note	O
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
865	O
's	O
memory	O
was	O
improved	O
in	O
a	O
later	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2019	O
benchmark	O
test	O
by	O
PC	B-Device
World	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
865	O
's	O
multi-core	B-Architecture
performance	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
default	O
"	O
setting	O
was	O
30	O
percent	O
higher	O
than	O
the	O
855	O
and	O
comparable	O
to	O
the	O
855	O
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
benchmark	O
score	O
for	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
888	O
released	O
in	O
2021	O
is	O
higher	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
existing	O
Snapdragon	B-Application
865	O
Plus	O
and	O
Apple	O
A13	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
heat	O
output	O
has	O
increased	O
by	O
60	O
percent	O
.	O
</s>
