The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 was Qualcomm’s last flagship chipset to be fabricated on the 3nm process, which only means that the San Diego firm will move to the newer and cutting-edge 2nm node from TSMC, only this time, instead of the N2 variant, it will be the N2P one. Obviously, as multiple reports have reiterated the following information, this transition will not be cheap, and it might be the core reason why Qualcomm is rumored to use the aforementioned lithography for not just next year’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, but also its successor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 7.

Currently, there is no confirmation on whether Qualcomm will proceed with a dual-sourcing strategy for the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, as Samsung’s 2nm GAA process is showing promise

The rumor was posted by @reikaNVMe,

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