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After the controversy surrounding the Snapdragon 810, some leaked information suggests Qualcomm is planning three new processors to supplant the Snapdragon 615 CPU that was announced roughly a year ago. It’s a pretty odd strategy, but at least they’ll have several options if one of the chips runs into any kind of issues.The three new processors actually sport some pretty high specs considering where they fall in Qualcomm’s lineup, which is great news for someone looking for a mid-range device in 2015.
The first new processor is the MSM8952, which seems like a natural upgrade from the 615. The architecture is fairly similar, although the cores are all clocked slightly higher. It supports slightly faster memory, as well as LTE CAT 6 speeds, up from CAT 4 last time around.
The MSM8956 and MSM8976 both look like they’ll have some decent upgrades from the 615. They’ll reportedly use ARM’s Maya cores, which is its second-generation 64-bit architecture. Maya will supposedly offer a significant performance boost from the first generation of 64-bit architecture, but we’ll still have to wait and see how that actually plays out.
Both of these chips will sport an Adreno 510 GPU, LTE CAT 6 and faster memory support, and similar clock speeds. The MSM8956 is a hexa-core processor with a dual-core Maya clocked at 1.8 GHz and a quad-core A53 at 1.2 GHz. The MSM8976 will have identical clock speeds, but it’s an octa-core chipset which uses a quad-core Maya alongside the quad-core A53.
Qualcomm hasn’t officially announced any of these new processors, but they look like fantastic upgrades, at least on paper.
source: Weibo (2)
via: G for Games
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