The Snapdragon 888 Plus is unveiled by Qualcomm to further improve high-end performance

The American founder Qualcomm has just unveiled the Snapdragon 888 Plus. A new generation processor that honors performance for premium models.

The Mobile World Congress trade fair opened on Monday June 28 in Barcelona. While product announcements are expected to be scarce, in terms of software and components are expected to make noise. This is the case of the American founder Qualcomm. The brand held a conference with a burst of announcements. Among the most striking elements, we will retain the presentation of the Snapdragon 888 Plus. The new high-end chip for premium smartphones on the market for the second half of the year.

Honor will have the first smartphone with a Snapdragon 888 Plus chip

Since the start of the year, the American company Qualcomm has largely dominated the market. After a previous exercise mastered by its longtime competitor MediaTek, the founder unveiled its 888, the chip driving the most powerful Android smartphones on the market. During its conference opening the MWC, the company unveiled its new version: the Snapdragon 888 Plus. A processor with real improvements on the frequencies of the CPU part and a new core in its component of the AI. What to boost future premium smartphones to come.

The new Qualcomm chip sees its Kryo 680 CPU reach a maximum operating speed of 3.0 GHz, against a peak of 2.84 GHz for the previous generation. The American foundry also sees a 20% improvement on its AI Engine. In terms of numbers, the Snapdragon 888 Plus is capable of performing 32 trillion operations per second, short for TOPS. This chip should first make its arrival on premium smartphones in the second half of 2021. The first model of its kind should be the Honor 50 Pro + before being available from other manufacturers such as Vivo or Xiaomi.

As a reminder, the most powerful Android smartphone on the market today is the Realme GT. This has its computing power provided by a Snapdragon 888 chip and the same architecture as a Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra. With the Plus version of its flagship chip, Qualcomm should offer new heights of power.

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