The new Arm processor for the PC platform, codenamed “Hamoa”, is being developed by Qualcomm and is expected to have 12 cores, with 8 performance cores and 4 energy efficiency cores.
Now, the latest news about the processor has been released by Za_Raczke, a tipster.
According to reports, Hamoa has 8 performance cores and 4 performance cores, the performance core is about 3.4GHz, and the performance core is about 2.5GHz.
In other respects, Hamoa supports up to 64GB of LPDDR5x memory, and the integrated GPU is Adreno 740, the same as the GPU in Snapdragon 8 Gen2, providing DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL and DirectML support.
The processor connects to a discrete GPU via 8 PCIe 4.0 lanes and also supports PCIe 4.0 SSD and UFS 4.0 flash memory. The wireless network supports Wi-Fi 7. In terms of IO, the chip supports two USB 3.1 10Gbps ports and three USB 4 (Thunderbolt 4) ports that support DisplayPort 1.4a.
The display output of the chip has been greatly improved, and the chip can output up to 5K+4K+4K resolution at the same time.
Qualcomm has said the new chips are expected to be commercially available in 2024.
