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Qualcomm is spitting out XR2 chips faster than VR headsets can use them

The XR2+ Gen 3 could offer 16GB of RAM and Oryon cores, hypothetically powering the upcoming Meta Quest Pro 2.

More recently, VR analyst Brad Lynch shared a leaked cargo manifest showing that Qualcomm is shipping out the SXR2350 chip — likely called the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 3 — for "testing and integration in future HMDs." Lynch speculates that it'll be "nearly identical" to the XR2+ Gen 2 in features and bandwidth, but use the Oryon CPU found in the Snapdragon X Elite instead of Arm Cortex cores, plus a more energy-efficient GPU. Qualcomm only announced the upgraded Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 in January 2024, with Samsung, Sony, and HTC Vive committing to use this chip in future productivity headsets that require more power.

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