Qualcomm is already working on a new Snapdragon 865 top processor

Qualcomm only announced its flagship Snapdragon 855 chipset last December, but despite this

the company is already working on its successor.

What is known

The German publication Winfuture was the first to sharedetails about the processor. According to the documents found, the new product is undergoing early testing with the model number SM8250 and the code name “Project Kona”. Interestingly, Kona is one of the islands of Hawaii. It usually hosts the annual Qualcomm Tech Summit event, where new flagship SoCs are shown.

According to the leak, Snapdragon 865 will receivesupport for LPDDR5 type RAM. In addition, reports indicate the development of a new SDX55 5G modem. Unfortunately, it is not yet known whether it will be supplied separately or will become part of the new processor.

When to expect

Presumably, SoC Snapdragon 865 will be presented at the end of this year.

Recall, yesterday the company introduced three new mid-level processors: Snapdragon 665, Snapdragon 730 and Snapdragon 730G.