Qualcomm Has Already Started Testing The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, With The Chipset’s Designation Number Found In Xiaomi’s HyperOS 2 Software
The Snapdragon 8 Elite was only announced last month, but there is evidence that Qualcomm is wasting no time to prepare for the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 launch next year. Proof of the company’s efforts was found in Xiaomi’s HyperOS software, where the SoC’s unique designation number was spotted. A few bits and pieces of information surrounding the 2025 flagship silicon have also been detailed in previous findings, so we will discuss those at length and more below.
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 to feature ‘SM8850’ designation, according to the latest leak, but no word on its specifications
The leak was shared by Erencan Yılmaz on X, revealing that Xiaomi’s HyperOS 2 was testing the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2. While it is not out of the ordinary for companies like Qualcomm to begin the development of their flagship silicon earlier, keep in mind that the first wave of the Snapdragon 8 Elite smartphones has yet to begin arriving to the market. Then again, it is entirely possible that the ‘SM8850’ designation was mentioned because HyperOS 2 has ‘out of the box’ support for it, and any future handset launching with the handset would be compatible with both platforms.
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Sadly, at this stage, it is way too early to speculate on Qualcomm’s plans for the future. We say this because we cannot confirm which manufacturing process the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 will use, but we have reported about a rumor claiming that the San Diego wants Samsung to enter its supply chain because that will help to reduce the chipset’s production costs. At the time, we called next year’s release the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 because Qualcomm had not confirmed what its current SoC would be called.
Another rumor was doing the rounds, saying that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 will leverage TSMC’s new 3nm N3P process, along with Samsung’s SF2 node, which is also known as 2nm GAA, as long as the Korean
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