This mobile chip is faster than the one in Samsung's Galaxy S7
A mobile chip faster than the one in flagship smartphones like Samsung's Galaxy S7 and LG's G5 will start appearing in handsets this quarter.
The Snapdragon 821, announced by Qualcomm on Monday, is an incremental upgrade to the Snapdragon 820. In addition to mobile phones, it's also aimed at tablets, drones, robots and virtual reality headsets.
The Snapdragon 821 is about 10 percent faster than its predecessor. It is also more power-efficient, meaning batteries in smartphones and phablets will last longer.
Smartphone buyers can look at smartphone specifications to see if a device has a Snapdragon 821 or 820.
Qualcomm is now the top dog of mobile chip companies, with Intel exiting the race. The company routinely releases incremental upgrades to its top-line chips. It released the Snapdragon 801 chip in 2014, with performance and graphics improvements, as an upgrade to the Snapdragon 800.
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