Oryon is an 8 to 12-core CPU implementing the ARMv8.7-A architecture featuring a custom microarchitecture designed by Qualcomm. It is used on the Snapdragon X Plus, Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon 8 Elite systems on chips, first released in June 2024.
It began development in 2021 when Nuvia was acquired by Qualcomm.
It is the first custom microarchitecture for smartphone SoCs released by Qualcomm since the original Kryo.
