Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1: A cikin Gidan Wuta na Android na gaba

Qualcomm a yau ya sanar da Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, guntu na farko a cikin sabon tsarin suna kuma mai yuwuwar processor a cikin Samsung's US Galaxy S22 da jerin wayar OnePlus 10.

"Sabon nau'in gogewa na Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 yana bayarwa na iya canza na'urorin flagship tare da saurin 5G, kyamarorin ƙwararru, mataimakan masu kaifin basira, da manyan kayan wasan caca," in ji Qualcomm a cikin gidan yanar gizon.

8 Gen 1 ya zo yayin da Qualcomm da ke da rinjaye yana fuskantar gasa mai ƙarfi fiye da kowane lokaci. Na'urori masu sarrafawa na M-jerin Apple a cikin sabbin kwamfyutocin MacBook Pro sun saita sandar aikin PC ta amfani da kwakwalwan kwamfuta na tushen ARM, da sauri sun rufe aikin Qualcomm na shekaru uku don ƙoƙarin sanya guntuwar sa a cikin kwamfyutocin Windows. MediaTek yanzu shine mai siyar da kwakwalwan kwamfuta mai lamba ɗaya ta ƙarar, kuma kawai ya sanar da Dimensity 9000, ɗan takararsa na gaskiya na farko ga masu sarrafawa na 8.

Amma a wannan shekarar kuma tana da sabbin damammaki ga Qualcomm, har ma a cikin tsarin sa na wayoyin hannu, in ji Qualcomm SVP Alex Katouzian.

"Huawei ba ya cikin kasuwancin kuma wannan ƙarar shiftzuwa ga OEMs da muke aiki da su, galibi… muna samun kasuwancin Huawei da yawa wanda ya kasance HiSilicon [Mai keɓan gida na Huawei], kuma yanzu ya kasance. shiftina," in ji shi.

"Snapdragon 8 Gen 1" shine na farko a cikin sabon tsarin lambobi don Qualcomm. A cikin shekaru 10 da suka gabata, yana ƙididdige guntu masu lambobi uku waɗanda suka fara da 200, 400, 600, 700, da 800, bisa ƙarfinsu. Amma kamfanin ya kai 888+, 780G, 695, da 480+, bisa ga nunin Qualcomm, kuma tunda baya son canza lambobi na farko ko canza zuwa hex, yana buƙatar yin wani abu. (Har yanzu, ko da yake, yaya sanyin Snapdragon 8FE zai kasance? Wataƙila don tsofaffin geeks.)

Qualcomm bai yi bayanin abin da zai yi ba lokacin da yake buƙatar sakin kwakwalwan kwamfuta da yawa a cikin jeri ɗaya a cikin wannan shekarar, kamar wannan shekarar lokacin da ta fito da 870, 888, da 888+.

Qualcomm yana kurewa da lambobi.
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Za mu sami hannayen hannu da yawa da gwaji na sabon kwakwalwan kwamfuta a cikin 'yan kwanaki masu zuwa a nan a taron koli na Snapdragon, amma ga cikakkun bayanai na farko akan Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

Yakin CPU, Sun Sake Faruwa

Qualcomm ya daɗe yana ƙoƙarin sa mutane su daina magana game da CPUs. Apple yana tilasta hannunsa.

Babban manufar, wuka na Sojan Swiss na kwamfuta, CPU yana yin duk abin da ya kamata a yi, amma ba lallai ba ne an gina shi don kowane takamaiman aiki. A cikin shekaru 10 da suka gabata, Qualcomm maimakon haka ya mai da hankali kan kwakwalwan kwamfuta don takamaiman ayyuka: ingantacciyar cibiyar firikwensin, ko na'urar siginar hoto, ko rukunin AI. Wannan yana da ma'ana a cikin duniyar wayowin komai da ruwan da ke da ƙarfi, saboda waɗannan na'urori na musamman sun fi ƙarfin aiki gabaɗaya.

A halin yanzu, Qualcomm ya koma baya ta amfani da ƙirar CPU na abokin tarayya ARM. Babu ma takamammen zamewa game da CPU a cikin gabatarwar da nake gabatarwa! Amma sai abubuwa biyu suka faru: MediaTek ya kama, kuma Apple ya zarce su.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 yana da ARM Cortex-A2 core guda ɗaya wanda ke gudana har zuwa 3GHz, muryoyin A710 uku da kuma nau'ikan A510 guda huɗu, yana ba shi 20% mafi kyawun aiki da 30% ƙarancin wutar lantarki fiye da na Snapdragon 888, in ji Qualcomm VP na sarrafa samfuran Ziad. Asgar.

Sabon Adreno GPU yana da 30% sauri fiye da na Snapdragon 888, tare da tanadin wutar lantarki 25%, in ji Qualcomm.

Tsarin tunani na Snapdragon wanda aka riƙe a hannu.
(Qualcomm)

A gefe guda, na ƙi in ambaci shi, amma MediaTek Dimensity 9000 da aka ƙaddamar a makon da ya gabata yana da daidaitaccen tsarin ƙirar CPU iri ɗaya. Kuma Dimensity na iya haƙiƙa ya fi Snapdragon akan ma'aunin CPU mai tsabta saboda saurin tallafin RAM: yayin da Qualcomm ke amfani da ƙwaƙwalwar LPDDR5 a 3500Mbps, MediaTek na iya amfani da, a ka'idar, ƙwaƙwalwar LPDDR5x a 7500Mbps.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 yana da tarin wasu fasalulluka waɗanda suka fi Dimensity 9000, amma muna magana game da CPU anan.

Za mu kwatanta sabon Snapdragon daga baya a wannan makon kuma mu gaya muku yadda hakan ke girgiza sosai.

A halin yanzu, na'urori masu sarrafawa na M-Series na Apple, tare da na'urori na al'ada, sun kunna duniyar PC a kan wuta ta hanyoyin da Qualcomm's Snapdragon don Windows chipsets ya kasa yi shekaru uku da suka gabata. Wasu daga cikin hakan saboda Apple yana sarrafa OS da kayan aikin sa, kuma ya sami damar sauya tsarinsa gaba ɗaya zuwa ARM ta hanyar da Windows ba ta yi ba. Amma wasu daga cikinsu kawai cewa M-jerin CPUs sun fi kyau, kuma PCs sun dogara da CPU mai tsabta sosai, fiye da yadda wayoyi ke yi.

Amma akwai ƙarin canje-canje masu zuwa. A bara Qualcomm ya sayi Nuvia, farawa da wasu injiniyoyi suka kafa bayan na'urori masu sarrafa A-jerin Apple. A wani taron manazarta a farkon wannan watan, Shugaban Kamfanin Qualcomm Cristiano Amon ya ce kwakwalwan kwamfuta na farko da ke amfani da kayan kwalliyar al'ada na Nuvia za su fara yin samfur a ƙarshen 2022 kuma su kasance "gasa" tare da na'urori masu sarrafa Apple's M-jerin.

"Don haka yanzu a gare mu tare da kadarar Nuvia da ke kan jirgin kuma muna aiki tare da Microsoft har ma fiye da yadda muke da shi a baya, haɗin gwiwar zai ba mu damar kawo wani nau'i na iya aiki a tsaye a cikin kasuwar Windows, don ba da damar wannan yanayin ya bunƙasa iri ɗaya. hanya," in ji Katouzian.

Tun da ba a sake zagayowar ba, waɗannan CPUs za su iya fara shiga cikin kwakwalwar kwakwalwar PC-centric da farko, mai yuwuwa sai kuma jerin ƙarshen 2023 na Snapdragon 8.

Jagoranci a Kamara?

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 yana da na'urori masu sarrafa siginar hoto na 18-bit guda uku (ISPs) waɗanda ke tallafawa har zuwa kyamarar 36MP guda uku suna harbi lokaci ɗaya; 64 da 36MP kyamarori biyu suna harbi lokaci guda; ko kyamarar 108MP. Don bidiyo, guntu tana goyan bayan bidiyon 8K HDR a firam 30 a sakan daya da 720p slow-mo a har zuwa firam 960 a sakan daya.

Wani sabon sashin ISP da aka haɗa zuwa cibiyar gano ƙarancin ƙarfi yana barin kyamara ta kunna ba tare da tada yawancin sauran tsarin ba, don ƙwarewar Face ID mai ƙarancin ƙarfi.

Dimensity 9000 ya fi shi akan wasu ƙayyadaddun bayanai, amma ban tabbata suna da ƙayyadaddun bayanai da kowa ke so ba. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 yana canja wurin 3.2Mpx/sec na bayanai kuma yana goyan bayan ɗaukar hoto na 200MP; Dimensity yana da'awar ɗaukar hoto na 320MP, wanda kawai da alama ya wuce gona da iri dangane da abin da nake gani a wayoyin hannu har yanzu.

8 Gen 1 yana haskakawa sosai lokacin da ya haɗu da ISP tare da mai sarrafa AI ko wasu software, in ji Qualcomm's Jud Heape. Bidiyo bokeh (kamar akan Samsung Galaxy S21), ƙaddamar da hotuna masu faɗin kusurwa (kamar akan OnePlus 9 Pro), mafi kyawun mayar da hankali da daidaiton fararen fata akan fuskoki daban-daban na sautunan fata (kamar akan Pixel 6) da kewayo mai ƙarfi duk suna samun mafi kyau. godiya ga haɗa sabon ISP tare da sauran abubuwan haɗin gwiwa, in ji Heape.

Tabbas, hujjar za ta kasance a cikin abin da masu kera na'urori suka yanke shawarar ɗauka. Samsung musamman yana ƙoƙarin dagewa kan nasa software na sarrafa hoto, wanda wani lokaci yana aiki da kyau kuma wani lokacin ba ya da kyau kwata-kwata (kamar yadda muka gani akan bala'in Galaxy S20 Ultra, wanda aka ƙaddamar da manyan matsalolin mayar da hankali.)

Za mu sami ƙarin dama don gwada kyamarar Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 a wannan makon.

Tuki AI Gida

Ɗaya daga cikin mafi yawan abubuwan da aka fi sani da shi, har abada ra'ayi a cikin kwakwalwar kwakwalwar wayar hannu, Qualcomm's AI engine yana da "mafi girman aikin kayan aikin AI a cikin masana'antu," a cewar kamfanin, tare da 4x aikin naúrar bara.

"Mun ninka ƙwaƙwalwar da aka raba, za mu iya gudanar da manyan samfura, kuma za mu iya yin abubuwa da yawa game da adana bayanan a can," in ji Asghar.

Sunan kuma ya canza. "Hexagon DSP" ya tafi yanzu; maimakon haka muna da "Hexagon Processor" da "Qualcomm AI Engine."

Auna aikin raka'a AI aiki ne mai matukar wahala, kuma kowa da kowa yana yin sa daban, ta amfani da ayyukan AI daban-daban da saiti na matsala. Mafi kyawun Qualcomm zai iya bayarwa shine wasu misalan dalilin da yasa kuke buƙatar ɗayan waɗannan.

Yawancin aikace-aikacen AI suna aiki tare da kamara - masu tacewa, alal misali, ko bokeh na bidiyo, ko duk wani abu da ke buƙatar nazarin yanayi kamar wayayyun HDR don fallasa fuskokin ɗan adam da kyau da kyau. Ɗaya daga cikin wilder, creepier yana amfani da ita shine "binciken jin daɗi," nazarin abubuwan da ke cikin saƙon don kawai tura ku sanarwa daga mutanen da suka firgita, alal misali.

Duk 5G

Sanarwa na Snapdragon 5G sun kasance sun zama ɗanɗano kaɗan saboda ana sanar da modem a farkon shekara - a wannan yanayin, X65, tare da alkawarin "10Gbps". (Ba za ku sami 10Gbps ba.)

Mafi mahimmancin fasalin X65 shine 3x sub-6 5G tara mai ɗaukar kaya, wanda ke nufin masu aiki tare da sassa uku daban-daban na 5G tsakiyar-band da ƙananan bakan bakan na iya haɗa su. (X60 na baya yana da tara juzu'i na 2x kawai.)

Wannan yana buɗe dama ga duk manyan ma'aikatan Amurka guda uku. Dukansu Verizon da AT&T wataƙila za su sami raƙuman ruwa na tsakiya na 5G duka a cikin rukunin 3.45-3.55GHz da band ɗin 3.7-4GHz, kuma za su so haɗa waɗanda ke da ƙaramin band na 850MHz don kewayon haɓakawa. Uku kenan. T-Mobile yana tafiya tare da 600MHz da 2.5GHz, amma abubuwan 2.5GHz an raba su cikin rabi a wasu yankunan metro, yin saitin 600/2.5/2.5 mai yuwuwa mai amfani ga T-Mobile.

Tunda muna ci gaba da ci, Dimensity 9000 shima yana da tara mai ɗaukar kaya 3x. Amma har yanzu ba shi da kalaman milimita, babban band, tsarin gajeriyar zango wanda Verizon ke dogaro da shi sosai. Idan kuna son millimeter-wave-kuma tabbas Verizon yana aikatawa-har yanzu kuna buƙatar zaɓar Qualcomm.

Sabbin nau'ikan nau'ikan milimita suna zuwa wayoyi na tushen 8 Gen 1, Qualcomm SVP na injiniya Durga Malladi ya ce. Sabbin na'urori suna da slimmer kuma ƙarami don sanya su cikin wurare da yawa a cikin na'ura; suna goyan bayan matakan ƙarfi mafi girma don ingantacciyar liyafar, da ƙarin maƙallan mitar yayin da cibiyoyin sadarwa na mmWave ke fitowa a duniya.

"An sami ci gaba mai yawa na KPI-sabbin makada, da kuma yawan nip / tuck dangane da aiki da iko," in ji shi.

… Da ƙari

Wannan kasancewar Snapdragon na baya-bayan nan, akwai shingen al'ada a duk faɗin wurin. Snapdragon 888 yana goyan bayan sabon tsarin sauti kuma yana da sabbin abubuwan tsaro shima. Za mu kara zurfafa bincike a cikin wannan makon a taron koli na Qualcomm's Snapdragon.