Snapdragon 670 rumored to be a 10nm chip with next-gen Kryo cores
The Snapdragon 660
is just barely getting a foothold on the mobile scene but rumors of its
successor have started surfacing. Dubbed Snapdragon 670, this chip will
allegedly come in early 2018 and be the first of the series to hit 10nm.
Even more
interesting, the chip will allegedly have an octa-core Kryo CPU – 2 high power
cores (Kryo 360) and 6 low-power ones. Note that Kryo 360 would be a
third-generation core, while the Snapdragon 835 and 660 use second gen cores
(but they are split 4+4 in terms of high and low power).
This new processor will use ARM’s DynamIQ
tech, which features on the Cortex-A75 and A55. This is the successor to big.LITTLE
and is much more flexible.
Likewise, the GPU moves on to the next
generation of Adreno – the 6-series – while the current Snapdragons use Adreno
5-series.
It seems that the Snapdragon 670 will be
build by Samsung on its 10nm LPP tech – a refinement of the 10nm LPE used in
the current Snapdragon 835 and Exynos 8895 chips. Note: LPE and LPP refers to
Low Power Early and Plus respectively.
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