JAKARTA - Qualcomm has started sending out invites for a launch event scheduled to take place on May 20. Rumors circulated that the company would launch Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus at the event.

Official confirmation came from the company in the form of a post on Weibo, which included an image of the invitation in Chinese with the text Snapdragon Night.

In addition, there is also a Snapdragon logo on the poster which indicates the possibility that this event will be treated to the launch of the new Snapdragon chipset.

The giants of San Diego, California, USA are indeed not far away from revealing the names of the products they will be launching at this time.

However, it is suspected that there will be two new chipsets at the event, including the much-anticipated Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 processor and the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip aka the Plus model.

Launching Slashgear, Tuesday, May 17, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will mark the birth of a new generation of mid-range chipsets from Snapdragon. One of the notable changes to the new chipset is that it will be manufactured using TSMC's 4nm manufacturing process.

On the other hand, the original Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip uses Samsung's 4nm manufacturing process. This change is likely to improve the overall performance of the upcoming flagship class chip.

Meanwhile, current rumors suggest the possibility of a Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset featuring an octa-core processor with 4-core performance and 4-core efficiency.

While the performance core is likely based on the ARM Cortex A710, the efficiency core could use the ARM Cortex A510 core. The chipset will also integrate the Adreno 662 GPU for graphics.


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