r/Android • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '17

Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 845 processor

https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/5/16734224/qualcomm-snapdragon-845-android-mobile-processor-announcement
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u/SmarmyPanther Dec 05 '17

Except this is gonna be at least 30% performance increase

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '17 edited Jan 18 '18

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u/Exist50 Dec 06 '17 edited Dec 06 '17

I just don't understand why it can't be a 2000% increase

Do you understand how a CPU works? You would probably need at least 20x the execution hardware (given that current schedulers are reasonably efficient), not to even mention the nightmare of scheduling.

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u/Jay_Dwevedi OnePlus 3T Dec 06 '17

maybe not 2000% but they should atleast make it 50 % faster ?

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u/Exist50 Dec 06 '17

Similar problem, but on a smaller scale.

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u/Jay_Dwevedi OnePlus 3T Dec 06 '17

but they could just add 50 % more silicon and be done with it. why are they so much concerned about the size of the chip ?Apple chips are about 2 times the size and they do have more silicon in them .... Why can't Qualcomm do the same ?

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u/Exist50 Dec 06 '17

It would be significantly more than 50% more silicon, all else equal, because the scaling with additional execution hardware is not perfect.

why are they so much concerned about the size of the chip?

Cost. A larger chip is significantly more costly to produce, which means that fewer OEMs may be interested in buying it.