Qualcomm’s next generation of processors will bring significant advancements in 5G connectivity, and proof of that is the new modem the American company has just announced, the Snapdragon X75.
This chip, which will be present in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the manufacturer’s next high-performance SoC, ensures compatibility with advanced 5G, a new generation of connectivity with significant advantages over traditional 5G. It also includes support for Wi-Fi 7 along with other improvements related to network speed and power efficiency.
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The most important feature of this Snapdragon X75 is undoubtedly the support for the 3GPP Release 18 standard, which is commercially called Advanced 5G (or 5G Advance) and which, again, has significant advantages over the conventional 5G. Among them, higher network speed.
It is also possible to reduce the battery consumption of mobile phones that connect to the 5G network thanks to two new architectures: Qualcomm 5G PowerSave Gen 4 and RF Power Efficiency Suite. This, according to the manufacturer, allows the Snapdragon X75 to run 20% more efficiently than its predecessor, the Snapdragon X70 modem, which features Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
Physically, the new Snapdragon X75 is also smaller – 25% smaller, to be exact – than its predecessor. Its size has been changed, in part, thanks to some internal improvements, such as a new transceiver that co-integrates the mmWave band and the sub-6 GHz bands. Thus, it makes it possible to offer more physical space on the device, for example, to make the shell of the smartphone thinner, for more components, or to install a larger capacity battery.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X75, on the other hand, comes with AI Processor Gen 2, a dedicated hardware accelerator RF modem capable of delivering up to 2.5 times the AI ​​performance of first-generation AI Processor technology. This means faster speed, better coverage, and better positioning accuracy, among other benefits.
Finally, the Snapdragon X75 also improves the connectivity of dual SIM smartphones by allowing the use of the DSDA (Dual-SIM Dual Active) and DSDS (Dual-SIM Dual Standby) bands.
