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Snapdragon revamps 855 Mobile Platform
Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon 855 Plus Mobile Platform, which can deliver multi-gigabit 5G, gaming, artificial intelligence and virtual reality/augmented reality. The platform is likely to be adopted by manufacturers like Samsung, LG, and Sony.
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Along with connectivity enhancements, Snapdragon 855 features a boost in performance that will raise gaming to a higher level for a Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite Gaming experience — especially when gaming in the 5G arena.
“Snapdragon 855 Plus will raise the bar for elite gamers with the increase in CPU and GPU performance and elevate experiences for 5G, gaming, AI and XR, which is something our OEM customers look to us to deliver,” said Kedar Kondap, vice president of product management at Qualcomm Technologies. “Snapdragon 855 Plus is our most advanced mobile platform to date and will build upon the success of the 2019 Android flagship Snapdragon 855 5G mobile platform.”
The platform also offers the following enhancements over Snapdragon 855:
- Qualcomm Kryo 485 CPU Prime core clock speed at up to 2.96GHz
- Qualcomm Adreno 640 GPU offers a 15% increase
It includes the Vulkan 1.1 Graphics Driver that is 20% more power-efficient than Open GL ES. The experience also features software enhancements such as Game Jank Reducer, Game Fast Loader, and Game AntiCheat Extensions.
Users can experience faster, more responsive gaming with the 4th generation multi-core Qualcomm AI Engine, which offers a total capacity of more than 7 trillion operations per second (7 TOPs), providing a powerful blend of dedicated and programmable AI acceleration
Commercial devices based on Snapdragon 855 Plus are expected this year. For full specifications on Snapdragon 855 Plus visit: https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon-855-plus-mobile-platform.
