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Qualcomm actually showed off the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 reference device by accident. The company did that in a YouTube video. In this video, Qualcomm aimed to show people how it developed the Snapdragon X Elite, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 was not supposed to be a part of the picture.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 reference device was spotted in Qualcomm’s very own video
This reference device was spotted by @Za_Raczke, a tipster. The codename ‘Pakala’ is also shown in the video, which is the codename for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor.
Qualcomm just released a video on YouTube and they have accidentally (?) shown installing software on a 8 Gen 4 (codename pakala/sun) device, as well as the reference device itself lol pic.twitter.com/MgHXoO1LEp
— kamila 🌸🏳️⚧️ (@Za_Raczke) March 20, 2024
The design of this reference device is not really all that noticeable. It’s a device with a dark blue chassis and has several stickers and labels on it. It’s a generic device that Qualcomm is using to test out the chip.
It’s interesting to see that Qualcomm itself ended up showing us this, most likely by accident. There’s also a possibility that Qualcomm didn’t care enough to strip the video of all Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 references. It’s not exactly like major details were revealed or anything like that.
This chip is coming in October
Qualcomm’s executive did confirm that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is coming in October, though. That detail was shared during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona last month.
We also know that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will come with custom Oryon cores. This will be the first time that Qualcomm is using its custom cores in a chip. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is also tipped to ditch the efficiency cores altogether, so that’ll be interesting.
This chip is expected to be produced on TSMC’s 3nm ‘N3E’ process. Various improvements are expected, though it will be interesting to see how will it run without efficiency cores… if that ends up being the case.
As a side note, Qualcomm recently announced the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip. Click here if you’d like to know more about it.