Qualcomm's snapdragon 855 could be announced in late 2018

Softbank's latest earnings report has just confirmed the name of Qualcomm's new smartphone chips. After the Snapdragon 845, we will see the Snapdragon 855 Fusion platform.

Snapdragon 855 Fusion Platform will add support for 5G connections

We don't know if it was an oversight or on purpose, but Sofbank confirms the imminent arrival of the Snapdragon 855, the SoC that could mark a turning point in mobile chips.

Softbank Japan says this is what's next from Qualcomm: The Snapdragon 855 Fusion Platform consisting of the SDM855 and the SDX50 Modem (5G). Taken from their official earnings presentation: https://t.co/LR9k4h165N pic.twitter.com/2Ceb6MCnNI

- Roland Quandt (@rquandt) March 7, 2018

Qualcomm and its Snapdragon SoC chips at this time are leading the development of ARM processors for smartphones and it does not think to rest on its laurels. At the impending launch of this year's Snapdragon 845, the Snapdragon 855 is already being developed. According to the report, telecommunications equipment providers such as Nokia, Samsung and Ericsson are very excited about this chip, which would include the Snapdragon X50 modem with the new 5G communications technology.

The chipmaker had already formally unveiled the Snapdragon X50 and had thoroughly tested it to see if it could reach the 5G speed threshold. According to the US wireless service providers. USA and Qualcomm itself, 5G-ready smartphones will not be released before 2019. In other words, we shouldn't expect to see the Snapdragon 855 Fusion Platform this year, but its announcement.

There are not too many details about other news that will come in this new chip in addition to its expected performance increase, but we do know that it will make the leap towards 7 nm.

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