#Snapdragon Wear Elite AI

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon Wear Elite, a new processor designed for smartwatches and other wearable devices, bringing on-device AI features along with improved performance and battery life. According to Qualcomm, the Snapdragon Wear Elite offers up to five times faster CPU performance and up to seven times better graphics performance compared with the previous Snapdragon W5+ Gen 2 chip. Snapdragon Wear Elite also includes a Hexagon NPU, which allows devices to run AI features directly on the device without relying heavily on the cloud. Qualcomm said devices powered by Snapdragon Wear Elite may support fast charging, allowing a smartwatch to reach 50% battery in less than 10 minutes. Well, it looks like the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Gen 6 Pro chipsets will have something radically different to offer. According to reliable tipsters such as Digital Chat Station, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro processor could be built on a revolutionary 2nm architecture. One of the rumored upcoming devices carrying a Snapdragon 8 Elite 6 Pro as its beating heart is also rumored to possess an active cooling fan to keep temps low. On the other hand, the base Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 gets slightly lower graphics with an Adreno 845. Read more in our articles including "Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Wear Elite chip for smartwatches" and "What we know about the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 series".