Avvistato più volte nei mesi passati, il primo SoC della serie Snapdragon 7** viene ufficializzato quest'oggi da Qualcomm, la quale annuncia che debutterà in diversi smartphone che verranno lanciati nel secondo quadrimestre del corrente '2018.
I SoC di questa serie nascono con l'intento di colmare il gap tra la serie Snapdragon 6**, dedicata ai terminali di fascia mainstream, e la serie Snapdragon 8**, da tempo dedicata ai top di gamma, dalla quale prende in prestito diverse feature (Clicca qui per maggiori dettagli sul SoC Snapdragon 845 di Qualcomm).
Il SoC Snapdragon 710 rappresenta, stando a quanto scoperto dai ragazzi di XDA in Aprile, quel che non è stato il SoC Snapdragon 670, fin troppo prestante rispetto al SoC Snapdragon 660, la cui serie non gli avrebbe "reso giustizia".
Difatti Qualcomm, a dimostrazione di quanto scritto, nella presentazione ufficiale lo paragona principalmente a quest'ultimo, rispetto al quale è previsto un incremento prestazionale medio del 20% lato CPU e 35% lato GPU.
Prodotto a 10nm, il nuovo SoC Snapdragon 710 prevede l'adozione di una CPU denominata Kryo 360 la quale, come già visto sul SoC Snapdragon 845, sfrutta la tecnologia DynamIQ di ARM (Ricordiamo una corposa revisione della ormai nota architettura big.LITTLE)
Questa è dotata di n.2 core ad alte prestazioni (Di derivazione Cortex-A75) operanti a 2.2GHz e n.6 core ad alta efficienza (Di derivazione Cortex-A55) operanti a 1.7GHz, in accoppiata alla iGPU Adreno 616.
Questo nuovo SoC integra inoltre un ISP Spectra 250 (dual-ISP con supporto a sensori d'immagine a 10-bit, che supporta sensori fino a 32MPx e doppi fino a 20MPx), il modulo Wi-Fi 802.11ad 2x2 (4X4-MIMO), Bluetooth 5.0 ed il modem Snapdragon X15 LTE (Download a 800Mbps).
Non mancano il nuovo DSP Hexagon 685 ed il sistema di ricarca rapida Quick Charge 4.0+ (Ricarica della batteria da zero fino al 50% in soli 15 minuti), entrambi ereditati dal SoC Snapdragon 845.
Si tratta dunque di una soluzione perfetta per i terminali di fascia Alta, davvero più che sufficienti per l'utente medio, che non hanno quasi nulla da invidiare ai SoC presenti nei dispositivi top di gamma. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili tramite il Comunicato Stampa ufficiale, allegato qui di seguito, e sul sito ufficiale del produttore, a questa pagina.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 Mobile Platform Brings In-Demand Premium Features to a New Tier of Smartphones
Designed to Support Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence and Superior Performance for Exceptional User Experiences
BEIJING — May 24, 2018 — Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM), has introduced the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 Mobile Platform, built on 10nm process technology. The Snapdragon 710 is designed with highly efficient architectures for artificial intelligence, featuring a multi-core AI Engine and neural network processing capabilities. The Snapdragon 710 is the first mobile platform in the new 700-tier portfolio, designed to exceed what is expected from today’s high-tier mobile experiences by bringing select premium-tier features to a broader audience.
“The Snapdragon 710 Mobile Platform is the first in the newly defined and highly significant 700-tier, offering technologies and features previously only available in our premium-tier mobile platforms,” said Kedar Kondap, vice president, product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “By incorporating key AI capabilities and performance advancements, the Snapdragon 710 is designed to transform our customers products into the ultimate personal assistant, enhancing critical everyday consumer experiences, such as high-end camera features that will benefit from on-device high-speed AI processing, without sacrificing battery life.”
The Snapdragon 710 Mobile Platform provides new architectures, engineered to result in significant performance improvements over the 600-tier in the following areas:
AI: The new platform transforms the smartphone into a customized experience for users across camera and voice, powered by a multi-core AI Engine, delivering up to 2X overall performance improvements in AI applications, as compared to Snapdragon 660. Utilizing AI capabilities, the Snapdragon 710 makes it virtually effortless to capture and share contextually-aware photos and videos and personalize voice and speech patterns for more natural interactions. Through heterogeneous computing, the Snapdragon 710 Mobile Platform’s newly enhanced architectures, including the Qualcomm Hexagon DSP, Qualcomm Adreno Visual Processing subsystem and Qualcomm Kryo CPU, are engineered to work harmoniously to run on-device AI applications quickly, intuitively and efficiently.
Capture: The new Qualcomm Spectra 250 ISP supports enhancements in capturing professional-grade quality photos and videos with superior low light photography, noise reduction, fast autofocus, image stabilization, smooth zoom and real-time bokeh effects. The Qualcomm Spectra 250 ISP is designed to deliver super resolutions with up to 32MP single ISP and 20MP dual ISP. Additionally, the AI Engine in the Snapdragon 710 supports smooth, speedy video style transfer, deep portrait modes and Face ID / Unlock with active depth sensing.
Display: The Snapdragon 710 features 4K HDR playback for viewing HDR videos and apps – also a first outside the premium 800-tier. The addition of 4K HDR playback brings greater brightness, wider color gamut and color depth to the Snapdragon 710, resulting in enhanced visual quality when viewing 4K HDR supported content over the most popular video streaming services.
Connectivity: The Snapdragon 710 features the new Snapdragon X15 LTE modem, a Category 15 LTE modem that supports up to 800 Mbps download speeds. It brings some of the most advanced 4G LTE technologies to the 700-tier, including 4x4 MIMO technology (on up to 2 aggregated carriers) for up to 70% faster download speeds in weak signal conditions, and License-Assisted Access (LAA) for faster speeds in crowded places, compared to devices that don’t support 4x4 MIMO.
The Snapdragon 710 also offers an advanced suite of wireless technologies including cutting edge Wi-Fi features and enhanced Bluetooth 5 multicast audio with support for ultra-low power wireless earbuds.
Performance and Battery: The platform’s new architectures are engineered to deliver superior power efficiency, long-lasting battery life and an overall enhanced user experience. Due to enhancements to the Adreno 616 Visual Processing Subsystem architecture, Snapdragon 710-based devices can expect to see up to 40% reduction in power consumption for both gaming and 4K HDR video playback, as well as a 20% reduction in power consumption when streaming video, when compared to Snapdragon 660.
Additionally, the new Kryo 360 architecture, built on ARM Cortex technology, is optimized to support up to a 20% overall uplift in performance, 25% faster web browsing and 15% faster app launch times, compared to the Snapdragon 660.
With the latest Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+ technology, users can get a 50% battery charge within 15 minutes. The Snapdragon 710 Mobile Platform is available today and is expected to be found in consumer devices in the second quarter of 2018.
