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| 2025 | Samsung to launch Galaxy S25 series (S25, S25+, S25 Ultra) with Snapdragon 8 Elite (SM8750-AB) chip. |
| February 12 2025 | Introduction of the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, a 4nm TSMC N4P SoC with advanced Cortex-A720 and A520 cores, enhanced Adreno graphics, and improved 5G capabilities. |
| January 2025 | Qualcomm planned to release the base Snapdragon X processor in Q1 2025, targeting the entry-level Windows PC market. |
| January 2025 | Qualcomm planned the sampling availability of the Snapdragon XX1-26-100, a 4nm processor with Oryon 8-core architecture and advanced connectivity features. |
| January 2025 | Two new Snapdragon 8 Elite variants planned for release: SM8750-3-AB with Oryon 2 + 5 cores, and Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy (SM8750-AC) with Oryon 2 + 6 cores and higher Prime core clock speed of 4.47 GHz. |
| January 6 2025 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X processor, further extending their Windows 11 PC mobile computing platform series. |
| December 2024 | Snapdragon 8 Elite (SM8750-AB) planned for release in Q4 2024, manufactured on 3nm TSMC N3E process, with an internal X80 5G Modem and support for advanced features like AI Relighting and Video Magic Eraser. |
| October 22 2024 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite, featuring 2 Oryon Prime cores up to 4.32 GHz, 6 Oryon Performance cores up to 3.53 GHz, and promising a 45% performance uplift with 44% power efficiency improvement. |
| August 31 2024 | Announcement of Snapdragon 6 Gen 3, featuring improved performance and connectivity options. |
| August 20 2024 | Announcement of the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. |
| April 24 2024 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X Plus processor for Windows 11 PCs, expanding their mobile compute platform lineup with multiple variants featuring Oryon cores. |
| March 2024 | Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 1 (SM6115-AC) chip sampling planned for Q3, targeting Oppo A3, A3x, and A5 Pro models |
| March 21 2024 | Announcement of the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3. |
| March 18 2024 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, a more budget-friendly variant of the 8 Gen 3 with slightly reduced specifications, including a 3.0 GHz Kryo Prime core and Adreno 735 GPU. |
| January 2024 | Samsung launches Galaxy S24 series with special Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (For Galaxy) variant, specifically for US, Canada, Japan, China, and Taiwan markets. |
| January 2024 | Qualcomm released the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy, a specialized variant with a higher 3.4 GHz Kryo Prime core and enhanced Adreno 750 GPU clocked at 1000 MHz. |
| 2023 | Qualcomm released the SA8295P Snapdragon Automotive platform with advanced Kryo 6 CPU, Adreno 695 GPU, and enhanced connectivity options. |
| November 17 2023 | Announcement of the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3. |
| October 2023 | Snapdragon G1 Gen 1 and G2 Gen 1 platforms sampled for availability in Q4 2023. |
| October 24 2023 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, featuring significant improvements over its predecessor including a new CPU configuration with a 3.3 GHz Kryo Prime core, enhanced GPU performance, and advanced AI capabilities. |
| October 24 2023 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X Elite processor for Windows 11 PCs, introducing a new high-performance mobile computing platform with Oryon 12-core architecture. |
| September 2023 | Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 was announced, integrated into Meta Quest 3, with improved performance, support for up to 10 concurrent sensors & cameras, and Wi-Fi 7 network. |
| September 27 2023 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 Platform for slim and light AR glasses, designed to enable personal assistants, audio enhancement, visual search, and real-time translation. |
| September 15 2023 | Announcement of the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2. |
| August 2023 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon G series platform specifically designed for handheld gaming devices. |
| July 2023 | Qualcomm launches the QCM6490 chipset (based on 778G) with sampling availability in Q3 2023, used in Fairphone 5 and ShiftPhone 8.1. |
| July 5 2023 | Nubia's Red Magic 8S Pro became the first non-Galaxy phone to feature the overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy variant, expanding its availability beyond the initial Samsung exclusivity. |
| June 26 2023 | Qualcomm released the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2, a 4 nm SoC with improved core performance, Adreno 613 GPU, and support for LPDDR5 memory. |
| April 2023 | Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 platform with advanced features including a 4 nm TSMC N4 fabrication process, a new Kryo CPU configuration, Adreno A32 GPU, and X70 5G modem with enhanced connectivity options. |
| March 17 2023 | Announcement of the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. |
| January 2023 | Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (SM6450) chip sampling becomes available, enabling new smartphone models from manufacturers like Honor, Motorola, Oppo, Realme, Sharp, Sony, and Vivo |
| January 2023 | Qualcomm introduced the overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy variant (SM8550-AC), exclusive to the Samsung Galaxy S23 series with a higher 3.36 GHz Prime core and slightly faster GPU clock speed. |
| 2022 | Microsoft introduced the Microsoft SQ3, developed on a 5 nm Samsung process, featuring a more powerful Kryo core configuration, enhanced Adreno 695 GPU, and improved connectivity options including 5G support. |
| 2022 | Qualcomm initiated sampling of the Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 (SC7280) processor in Q1 2022, introducing advanced features like 5G connectivity and improved performance. |
| November 23 2022 | Announcement of the Snapdragon 782G. |
| November 17 2022 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 Platform, intended for use in smart glasses. |
| November 15 2022 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform, featuring a 4nm TSMC process, enhanced CPU with a 3.19 GHz Kryo Prime core, Adreno 740 GPU with hardware-accelerated ray tracing, and improved AI capabilities. |
| October 11 2022 | Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1 was announced and used in the Meta Quest Pro. |
| September 6 2022 | Introduction of Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, a 4 nm SoC with advanced features and 5G capabilities. |
| September 6 2022 | Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1, a 6 nm SoC with 2 + 6 core architecture, Adreno 619 GPU, and 5G connectivity. |
| July 19 2022 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon W5 and W5+ Gen 1, with the W5+ including the QCC5100 co-processor. |
| June 2022 | Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 began commercial availability, offering improved performance with a 3.2 GHz Cortex-X2 prime core and enhanced GPU and AI capabilities. |
| May 20 2022 | Announcement of the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. |
| May 20 2022 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 mobile platform, which improved upon the previous generation with a TSMC N4 process, higher CPU clock speeds, and enhanced performance. |
| 2021 | Qualcomm started sampling the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 (SC7180P) processor in Q2 2021. |
| December 2021 | Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 was released for commercial use, introducing a new architecture with ARMv9 instruction set and significant improvements in performance and power efficiency. |
| December 2021 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Gaming Platform, with the Razer Edge being the first device to use this platform. The G3x Gen 1 is based on the Snapdragon 888+ with similar motherboard, CPU clusters, and GPU specifications. |
| December 1 2021 | Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Compute Platform for Windows 10 and 11 PCs, featuring improvements in processing power, 5G connectivity, and enhanced graphics capabilities. |
| December 1 2021 | Qualcomm released the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Compute Platform for Windows 10/11 PCs, built on a 5 nm process with enhanced performance, including 8 MB L3 cache, 6 MB SLC, and built-in Microsoft Pluton TPM. |
| November 30 2021 | Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile platform, featuring a 4 nm process, support for up to 16 GB LPDDR5, Quick Charge 5, and advanced CPU, GPU, DSP, and ISP capabilities. |
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