After launching the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC late last year, Qualcomm went on to release an upgraded version of the chipset recently in the form of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. Now, the company is expected to release its next-generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset by the end of this year. Here are the details.

Qualcomm, via its official website, announced its annual Snapdragon Tech Summit to unveil new mobile chipsets and showcase new technologies related to gaming, AI and connectivity. The summit starts on November 14 and continues until November 17. To recall, the 2021 Snapdragon Tech Summit kicked off on November 30 and Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC on the summit's second day, that is, December 1.

However, the company is expected to launch its upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor earlier than its usual timeline and reveal it on November 17, 2022. Although the company did not confirm the launch of the chipset, Qualcomm will reveal more details about the event in the coming days.

Now, we don't know much about the SD 8 Gen 2 processor. However, rumors suggest that it will follow a 1+2+2+3 quad-cluster architecture compared to its predecessor's 1+3+4 tri-cluster architecture but will stick to TSMC's 4nm manufacturing node. Additionally, the chipset is expected to come with one Kryo Prime processor with ARM Cortex-X3 core, four Cortex-A720-based and Cortex-A710-based Kryo Performance processors, and three Kryo Efficiency processors based on ARM Cortex-A510 cores. For graphics, the SoC is expected to come with an integrated Adreno 740 GPU.