Qualcomm is investing heavily in 5G components.

Qualcomm unveils chips to power the next generation of smartphones

Qualcomm today unveiled its new Snapdragon 778G5G mobile processor platform to power high-end smartphones coming in the second quarter.

The platform of multiple chips will be used in smartphones coming from Honor, iQoo, Motorola, Oppo, Realme, and Xiaomi. Snapdragon 778G is designed to deliver everything from high-end mobile gaming to accelerated artificial intelligence.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.