Overview

• Qualcomm officially named its next flagship mobile platform Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and scheduled the full unveiling for the Snapdragon Summit in Maui on September 23–25.
• Qualcomm explains that Gen 5 denotes the fifth generation of the 8‑series since the 2021 naming revamp, with the Elite badge reserved for its top tier and other Snapdragon ranges also adopting the Gen 5 label.
• Xiaomi confirmed its Xiaomi 17 lineup will be among the first phones powered by the new chipset.
• Unverified reports point to Oryon CPU cores on TSMC’s 3nm N3P process, higher clock speeds, a new Adreno GPU, and a possible higher‑clocked “for Galaxy” variant, while Samsung is also expected to use Exynos 2600 in some regions.
• MediaTek set September 22 for the debut of its next flagship Dimensity processor, positioning its launch one day before Qualcomm’s summit.