According to wccftech reports, Qualcomm will launch the next-generation flagship chip Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 at the end of 2026. It is expected to be the first mobile platform to support LPDDR6 memory and UFS 5.0 storage technology, and performance and energy efficiency are expected to be improved again.

With the rapid growth of on-device AI computing requirements, mobile devices have continuously increasing requirements for memory bandwidth and data access speed. The new generation of LPDDR6 and UFS 5.0 standards will bring significant improvements in data transfer rate and power consumption control, helping to enhance the real-time performance of AI inference, image processing, and large language models.

As for the process technology, there are market rumors that Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 will use TSMC’s 2nm N2P process, but the relevant claims have yet to be confirmed. According to industry analysis, TSMC currently plans to launch 2nm mass production at the end of 2025. The N2 process will be mainly used in the initial stage. Major customers such as Apple, Qualcomm and MediaTek are expected to gradually introduce it starting in 2026. Whether more advanced N2P nodes will be adopted remains to be seen.

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