Sunday, January 17th 2021
Qualcomm Reportedly Developing Apple M1 Competitor Dubbed Snapdragon SC8280
Qualcomm is no stranger to developing ARM-based computer processors having released the Snapdragon 8cx and more recently the 8cx Gen 2, however they pale in comparison to Apple's recently releases 5 nm M1 chip. Qualcomm has acknowledged that Apple's latest silicon is a sign of where the future of computing is going and it would seem they have been preparing a competitor. In a new report from WinFuture it is revealed that Qualcomm has been developing a new SOC with internal model number SC8280 as a successor to the 8cx Gen 2.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon SC8280 was found in two configurations one with 8 GB of LPDDR5 RAM while the other was coupled with 32 GB of LPDDR4X memory. This is double what Apple offers with the M1 chip which is only available in 8 GB and 16 GB LPDDR4X configurations. The chip has also seen a 13% die size increase coming in at 20 mm x 17 mm up from the 20 mm x 15 mm on the 8cx Gen 2. This new processor is still under development and it is yet to been seen how it will compare with the M1 or the rumored 12-core Apple processor.
Source:
WinFuture
The Qualcomm Snapdragon SC8280 was found in two configurations one with 8 GB of LPDDR5 RAM while the other was coupled with 32 GB of LPDDR4X memory. This is double what Apple offers with the M1 chip which is only available in 8 GB and 16 GB LPDDR4X configurations. The chip has also seen a 13% die size increase coming in at 20 mm x 17 mm up from the 20 mm x 15 mm on the 8cx Gen 2. This new processor is still under development and it is yet to been seen how it will compare with the M1 or the rumored 12-core Apple processor.
10 Comments on Qualcomm Reportedly Developing Apple M1 Competitor Dubbed Snapdragon SC8280
What makes Apple M1 good isn't the hardware alone, but software support, MacOS, and x64 simulation.
It would be like Snapdragon in Android, with overkill RAM and plenty amount of cores, but hardly get compete with iOS + Apple Bionic performance even Apple devices have lower RAM and less cores (but high optimized since fully control by Apple).
www.techpowerup.com/276214/microsoft-is-engineering-custom-processors-for-servers-and-surface-pcs
If these material realized, all hardware maker got cold shoulder from software maker :D
If some of you aren't aware, Nuvia was founded by former Apple's chief CPU architect.
Are there any antitrust laws at work here? Like, Intel and Lenovo not allowed to create joint engineering teams and share information because it could potentially hurt AMD, HP and others?