Qualcomm will soon introduce its next-generation high-end mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and almost a month before that happens, here's some information about the upcoming chipset. The latest rumor says that it will have two variants. Here are the details.

According to a recent report by Gamma0burst, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset will come in both 3nm (N3E mode) and 4nm (N4P node) process variants by TSMC. This would be quite interesting as Qualcomm has rarely released two variants of one chipset. The last time this happened was with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile platform, which was based on Samsung's 4nm process and received another variant (based on TSMC's 4nm process) in the form of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. Although these two had the same CPU structure.

But this happened in a few months. It still remains to be seen if Qualcomm plans to release both variants of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 at the same time or if different timelines and naming schemes are followed. There are chances that Qualcomm may go to Samsung for its 3nm chipset as TSMC may not be able to meet its demands as it has reportedly blocked its share of production for Apple until December 2023.

Currently, Apple is the only one to make the 3nm A17 Pro Bionic chipset commercially available with the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, making Qualcomm the second to introduce its version. MediaTek has also announced its 3nm chipset but neither its name nor technical details have been revealed at this time. It is expected in 2024.