Qualcomm to rebrand Snapdragon chips, teases its next flagship mobile processor

Ahead of the Snapdragon Tech Summit, Qualcomm has made some important announcements related to its Snapdragon mobile platform.

Qualcomm has revealed that its next flagship Snapdragon chip is coming on November 30. However, you may not be able to relate the upcoming mobile processor with the previous generation. That is because Qualcomm is going for a name change. The chipmaker said it is ditching the three-digit numbering system for a more streamlined and catchy name for its Snapdragon processors. Not just that, Qualcomm is also tearing off Snapdragon into a standalone entity.

Ahead of the Snapdragon Tech Summit that will kick off on November 30, Qualcomm has made some important announcements related to its Snapdragon mobile platform. Going forward, Snapdragon chips will no longer have “Qualcomm” in their name. For instance, the next chipset may be called just the Snapdragon 898. The suffix 5G will also go away since 5G connectivity is ubiquitous across chips and it does not make sense to warrant that by putting 5G in the name every time.