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Snapdragon Elite 8 Officially Announced by Qualcomm

Yibeni Tungoe — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon Elite 8 for Snapdragon Cockpit, Android smartphones, and Snapdragon Ride for cars at the Snapdragon Summit 2024 event that took place in Hawaii.

The company has claimed that the new release is the fastest-ever mobile processor with the Oryon CPU. This new chipset also comes with the Adreno GPU and this ensures enhancements in graphics rendering, improved performance and efficient power in gaming. Additionally, this chip is built for AI with its multi-modal AI. Qualcomm’s Hexagon NPU also enables faster speeds and efficiency for processing AI. The tech company has also stated that the Elite 8 will also have support for much larger multi-modal models.

When it comes to cameras, the Elite 8 enhances and improves photography with the use of its AI image signal processor. Furthermore, the Snapdragon X80 5G can support Wi-Fi 7. It has also been combined with the Ultra Wideband for improvements in proximity. Furthermore, the chip comes with aptX Lossless audio as well as spatial audio. Security and head tracking were improved with the help of Truepic’s technology. This technology utilises cryptography for authenticating videos, photos, audio, etc to safeguard it from AI.

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Snapdragon Elite 8: More on the new Snapdragon release

The new Snapdragon uses the TMSC’s 3nm ‘N3E’ which aids in efficiency. The Adreno 830 makes it 40% faster than its predecessor. Going back to AI, the Elite 8 is equipped with 70 tokens per second for specific models. Video recording has been limited to 4K 60FPS while the multi-sensor supports 48MP + 48MP + 40 MP. The camera has also upgraded to 320 MP still imaging with 108 MP singular camera support at 30 FPS.

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Qualcomm Layoffs Affects 226 San Diego Workers

Yibeni Tungoe — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:37:00 +0000

Leading chipset company, Qualcomm layoffs around 266 workers in San Diego. The layoffs are expected to take effect on November 12.

This is not Qualcomm’s first time laying off its workers. The decision to lay off the workers in Sand Diego comes not even a year after the company laid off 1.250 workers in 2023. The California WARN notice announced the job layoffs but The San Diego Union-Trubune were the first to report on the Qualcomm layoffs.

Employees from 16 facilities across San Diego will be hit and Qaualcomm’s headquarters are no exception. The company’s headquarters in San Diego also has a cybersecurity team. However no clarification has been given regarding whether this division will be affected. The tech company has reported a 435 billion annual revenue and the company’s CEO, Cristiano Amon got a hefty $23.5 million compensation package.

Qualcomm Lays Off: Growing trend of tech layoffs

Qualcomm is one among many tech companies that have laid off their employees. The lack of job security has made working in the tech industry a gamble. This ‘trend’ of tech layoffs is expected to continue as the years go by. Concerns about AI taking over jobs are also up for debate which could lead to even more layoffs. But there are other factors such as a shift in company priorities or budget cuts. These reasons could lead to people losing their jobs.

Other than the Qualcomm layoffs, tech giants such as Microsoft have also cut down more than 650 jobs from the Xbox division, The layoffs affected the supporting and corporate division. No game development divisions were affected by this layoff. Furthermore, the company has also laid off 1,900 employees from the gaming division, which includes employees from Activision Blizzard, Xbox and ZeniMax.

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