[ad_1]
Qualcomm sent invitations to a Snapdragon event that will take place on December 1-2. Current speculation is that it will feature the Snapdragon 875, a 5nm chip that will be the first to use the new high-performance Cortex-X1 core. Now DigiTimes is reporting that the chipmaker plans to introduce its own gaming smartphone before the end of the year.
The phone will be developed in conjunction with Asus, but details are scarce. Qualcomm already makes reference design boards, however those are just reference machines meant to showcase the skills of the latest chipsets.
Asus has more experience with the important elements that make a gaming phone what it is: a high-refresh-rate screen, beefed-up cooling, larger battery, potentially custom controls, and more. In addition, the phone will benefit from the Republic of Gamers brand.
Presumably this partnership started before Nvidia announced that it will acquire ARM, but now it seems even more important. It is speculated that the GPU maker will ditch Mali in favor of its own designs, which come with the valuable GeForce branding. Qualcomm will benefit from a gaming phone touting the competing Adreno series of GPUs.
Source
