Ngexesha lokubhiyozelwa kweCES yokugqibela eyayibanjelwe eLas Vegas ekuqaleni konyaka, iQualcomm thaca ngokusesikweni iprosesa entsha ephuhliswe ngentsebenziswano neSamsung, iSnapdragon 835, iprosesa eshiya iimodeli zangaphambili zenkampani. Kwiintsuku emva kokubhengezwa kwayo, ngoNovemba ophelileyo, ndapapasha into yeendaba echaza ukuba i-Galaxy S8 elandelayo iya kuba yeyokuqala i-smartphone kwimarike ngale processor, into leyo. iye yabuzwa kamva ngenxa yokulibaziseka ekusungulweni kweGalaxy S8, ecwangciselwe i-14 ka-Epreli, ekubeni abanye abavelisi banokuqalisa iifowuni zabo eziphambili kwi-MWC e-Barcelona.
Kodwa kubonakala ngathi le ntshukumo yokuzikhethela yayichanekile, kuba njengoko sinokufunda kuzo zombini iiForbes kunye neVerge, Iprosesa entsha ye-Qualcomm, i-Snapdragon 835, iya kusungulwa ngokukodwa naphambi kwayo nayiphi na enye i-terminal, kwi-Samsung Galaxy S8., okuya kunyanzela abanye abavelisi ukuba balibazise ukuqaliswa kwezixhobo zabo, okanye basebenzise iprosesa ye-Snapdragon 821, into enokonakalisa izicwangciso zezinye iinkampani ebezithembele kule prosesa kwiiflegi zabo ezifana ne-HTC Ultra, I-LG G6 okanye iNokia 8.
Zombini i-LG kunye ne-HTC, njengeNokia ekuzalweni ngokutsha kwayo, yayinethemba lokuba iya kukwazi ukunika i-terminal eneempawu zamva nje isebenzisa le prosesa entsha ye-Qualcomm, ukuze ukwazi ukufumana okuninzi kwisixhobo. I-LG sele ijongene nengxaki efanayo kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ngokusungulwa kwe-LG G4, xa i-Snapdragon 810 yabonisa iingxaki zokufudumeza ngokugqithiseleyo ngaphandle kwesisombululo sexesha elifutshane emehlweni ngelo xesha.
Ukuba i-Qualcomm ineengxaki kunye nabavelisi abathile abakhetha ukusebenzisa iiprosesa zabo, kunokwenzeka ukuba oku kuhamba khawulezisa utshintsho lomthengisi weprosesa ukusuka kwabanye abavelisi. Aba bavelisi banokukhetha ukusebenzisa i-Exynos ye-Samsung, i-Huawei's Kirin, iMediaTek okanye iiprosesa ezisebenza uXiaomi kwiinyanga zamva nje.
Ulwazi oluthe vetshe malunga nomnyele S8