Qualcomm Technologies officially teased its next premium mobile platform for mobile devices – the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 at the first day of its ongoing Snapdragon Tech Summit 2018 in Maui, Hawaii. It currently holds the title of the world’s first commercial 5G mobile platform.
Qualcomm expects a number of 2019 flagships to use the new Snapdragon 855 mobile platform with Snapdragon X50 5G modem to support multi-gigabit 5G. The platform promises to deliver highly intuitive on device AI experiences powered by Qualcomm’s 4th-gen, multi-core Qualcomm AI Engine, which delivers up to 3x AI performance compared to the Snapdragon 845.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 mobile platform will reportedly be manufactured using the 7nm process. It uses the world’s first Computer Vision (CV) ISP to deliver revolutionary photo and video capture features and the new Snapdragon Elite Gaming feature will bring about various enhancements to mobile gaming.
The release also mentioned the Qualcomm 3D Sonic Sensor – an under-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor solution for mobile devices. The technology uses sonic rather than optical scanning technology to accurately record and match fingerprints through numerous contaminants.
The focus of the first day of the summit was on the commercialization of 5G with partners like AT&T, EE, Telstra and Verizon; Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola, NETGEAR and Inseego all had to contribute their own quota to making 5G a reality. It is expected to rollout across North America, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia and China starting early 2019.
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Samsung Electronics America plans to bring the first flagship 5G smartphone to the U.S in the first half of 2019 using the Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform with the 5G X50 modem.
