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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite is its next premium mobile chip

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite is its next mobile powerhouse chip headed to premium smartphones.

But things are reportedly a bit different with the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the company's newest offering headed to premium smartphones. For one, it's using the Oryon CPU that debuted in X Elite chips for laptops last year, according to a leaked slide from Videocardz. As expected, the company is doubling down on its generative AI capabilities, with a 45 percent faster NPU (neural processing unit) than before, and gaming performance will also see a 40 percent boost.

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