Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 Launch Delayed by Oryon Core Issues

Qualcomm and MediaTek are keen to take on Apple's M-series processors in the marketplace. To compete with Apple's silicon, Qualcomm, which has been in this industry longer and is more ambitious, unveiled its Oryon CPU in 2022. However, creating internal cores is trickier than it appears. The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 debut may be delayed by Qualcomm's alleged difficulties in creating its own Oryon cores, although Qualcomm leads the 5G baseband market.

According to Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 is offered in three variations. A 12-core CPU with eight performance cores and four power-efficiency cores will be the most efficient option. However, according to tipper @Tech_Reve, Qualcomm is experiencing issues creating the internal cores for this CPU. However, the tweet gives no information regarding the specific issues.

This is hardly shocking because other businesses have also had difficulty creating internal cores. With its Mongoose cores, Samsung attempted to take on Apple's M-series CPUs but finally gave up and switched back to ARM architectures. Additionally, Google has put off the creation of its proprietary processor by a year, and other businesses like Xiaomi and OPPO have entirely given up

There have been no subsequent test results since an early engineering sample of the chip had performance difficulties in Geekbench 5. This implies that Qualcomm has failed to resolve the issues.

The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 launch, which was originally scheduled for 2023, might now take place in 2024. Qualcomm may have decided to defer its announcement until after Apple debuts its M3 CPU. If Qualcomm sticks to its initial launch timeline, it will be considerably behind Apple's M1 and M2 CPUs.

Before the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 is released, Qualcomm should be able to fix the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4's issues. The ARM-powered notebook market could be let down if this happens.