Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 chip with AI capabilities
Qualcomm on Friday, May 7, announced its latest mobile processor — Snapdragon 6s Gen 3. The chipset is manufactured on a 6nm process and comes with an Adreno GPU. It comes with 5G support and features artificial intelligence (AI) thanks to an AI Engine. It is speculated to power smartphones in the low-end and mid-range segments. The chipset comes hot on the heels of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC that was unveiled in March.
Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 specifications
In a blog afterQualcomm said its latest mobile processor offers “performance, gaming and intelligent assistance.” It is built on a 64-bit architecture and features Kryo CPU cores with a peak clock speed of 2.3GHz. It is said to have an AI Engine with Qualcomm Hexagon Vector eXtensions to deliver responsive performance.
Additionally, it has Qualcomm Sensing Hub with a Low Power AI System that supports hardware-accelerated always-on voice assistants, multi-mic far-field detection, and echo cancellation. The Adreno GPU on board brings support for 120 fps gaming, the company says. Qualcomm says devices powered by this chipset will have LPDDR4x RAM and UFS 2.2 onboard storage.
The chip is equipped to support full-HD+ displays with up to 120Hz refresh rate. Smartphones powered by the Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 SoC can support up to 108-megapixel sensors and the chipset features a triple 12-bit Spectra ISP setup, which offers AI-enhanced low-light capture capabilities. It can also play videos at a maximum resolution of 1080p at 60 fps.
Qualcomm’s new chipset features the Snapdragon X51 5G Modem-RF system with support for both mmWave and Sub-6 5G networks. It brings Global 5G Multi-SIM support for networks and promises peak download speeds of up to 2.5Gbps. The chip also gets Qualcomm’s FastConnect 6200 technology and supports Bluetooth 5.2.
The company says its new mobile processor supports satellite systems such as QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC and GPS with pavement-level accuracy. It also enables support for Quick Charge 4+ via USB Type-C.
