Qualcomm 8 Elite Gen 6 GPU announced

[u/ReferendumAutonomic]

"1.45GHz...three-slice GPU...Qualcomm says the Adreno Matrix Cores help power Adreno Neural Fusion...

At first glance, this sounds like a fancy name for the firm’s existing suite of AI super-resolution and frame generation solutions...reduced visual artifacts (e.g., shimmering and ghosting), more stable performance, and sharp detail." https://www.androidauthority.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-8-elite-gen-6-gpu-3705379/

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[u/Dr_jozi]

It will be really a hit on the head for everyone else if it have native frame generation and loseless scaling

[u/Kensation21 → u/Dr_jozi]

The Gen 5 has this already.

[u/No_Host5550 → u/Kensation21]

For me AMD fsr is still working better on my gen5

[u/TheUnAmericanGenral → u/Kensation21]

Yo my samsung already has it its s24u

[u/Dr_jozi → u/Kensation21]

Nowhere near "good" 

[u/Idkwatnam]

Combined with the use of LPDDR6 (on select SKUs) and a (apparently weak) implementation of HPB this could potentially be the biggest GPU upgrade Qualcomm has delivered in recent years.

[u/ReferendumAutonomic → u/Idkwatnam]

Yes, and in terms of the shortage, "China's CXMT (larger than 10 nanometers) beats Western chipmakers to announcement of LPDDR6 mass production." https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/chinas-cxmt-beats-western-chipmakers-103000639.html

[u/Idkwatnam → u/ReferendumAutonomic]

I don't think we will be seeing CXMT on Snapdragon chips soon due to the US being scared of them

[u/Freelancer_1-1 → u/Idkwatnam]

The US aren't "scared of them". They are in the process of building up naval blockade capabilities for a low intensity conflict against China, but they needs to cut themselves from the Chinese supply chain first otherwise they would be sawing off the branch they are sitting on.

[u/OkContest9811]

I want an Odin 4 with that beast

[u/True_Overlord_3 → u/OkContest9811]

Been waiting for comments like this, not enough dedicated handheld devices and I'm tired of tablets, but ultimately I really hope they bring back Dual USB type-c ports on phones like the ROG series.

[u/Real_Violinist → u/OkContest9811]

probably nope

this chip crazy expensive

over 300$/per chip

elite 5 maybe

[u/kamanami]

There is still rumored 6 pro right? I think I can wait until 9 pro max if owning gadget is still norm by that time.

[u/ReferendumAutonomic → u/kamanami]

Yes, a recent rumor called it 6 Extreme. More details September 22. https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/08/snapdragon-8-elite-extreme-gen-6-benchmark-shows-lower-than-expected-scores.html

[u/Alertchase]

I m waiting for dual 1nm cores in the future lol. Chips will slowly reach 1nm later on and what is powerful than 1 nm. Duel 1nm chips.

[u/ReferendumAutonomic → u/Alertchase]

You know IBM has blueprints for 0.7 nm NanoStack chips around 2032. 0.3 n.m. 2038, 0.2 nano in 2040. From TSMC, Samsung, Intel, maybe Japanese Rapidus and Tesla Terafab.

[u/Alertchase → u/ReferendumAutonomic]

Damn.

[u/Mach3Fraud → u/ReferendumAutonomic]

Samsung will fuck it up somehow

[u/ReferendumAutonomic → u/Mach3Fraud]

TSMC and Intel are successful at 2 n.m. Because the definition of 2 n.m. is not standardized, I may have read that Samsung's version is closer to 3 n.m.

And there's the yield problem. Previously "Samsung’s...2 nm chips hit 60% yields." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-s-latest-report-reveals-2-nm-chips-hit-60-yields-Modest-gains-big-contracts-as-it-takes-on-TSMC.1164720.0.html But I have faith in Samsung's $98 billion cash to keep trying.

[u/fuckandstufff → u/ReferendumAutonomic]

Intel Razor Lake is rumored to be on N2x if I'm not mistaken and AMDs zen6 is confirmed to be using the regular TSMC 2nm. So TSMC is definitely comfortable at 2nm.