Early news regarding this next generation indicated that Qualcomm was focusing its efforts on a single processor, known as Project Glymur. However, the latest rumor suggests that it will not be a single processor, but rather two. Both will fully support DX12 and Lightning operation through hardware and one of them will have 18 cores.
A user of X (Twitter), based on information from sources he did not reveal, published what is purported to be the roadmap for the next generation Qualcomm processors. On one side, there is the code name Project Glymur and on the other, Project Mahua.
The next ARM processor will have up to 18 cores
According to this user, the now known Project Glymur will be a processor with 18 hearts (6L+6L+6M), will have LPDDR5X memory with a bandwidth of 192 bits. Project Mahua is a processor with 12 hearts (6L+6M) with LPDDR5X memory with bandwidth of 128 bit. At the moment, it is unclear what the clock speed of the two processors will be.
@negativeonehero More likely Mahua, not Glymur.
See the leak below👇
(I’m not a leaker, and this is someone else’s information). https://t.co/fA2wjRcsEL
October 1, 2024 • 5:37 p.m.
Concerning its placing on the market, this is planned for second half of 2026. Given this information, the manufacturing process it will use will most likely be TSMC’s 3nm N3P, the same process Apple currently uses with its processors featuring the same architecture.
Will they be an option for desktops?
Yesterday we published an article where a user who purchased the Qualcomm SDK tested it with Geek bench 6 Yes Cinebench to see if it was able to offer better performance by not having the power consumption of this processor limited to 23W.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t like that. During tests, the consumption of the equipment varied between 80 and 100W, and offered an improvement of between 10 and 15%. Since the CPU TDP is quadrupled, the performance difference should be much greater than stated.
However, this has its logic. New Qualcomm processors with ARM architecture are designed for computers laptops with a very tight TDP, so increasing the TDP to force the machine does not offer higher performance than what it offers with the established consumption of 23W.
Qualcomm has stated that it is working to bring this processor to desktop computers in order to compete with the Mac-Mini from Apple and others mini PC. While it is true that the performance offered by this processor is more than sufficient for light and basic office tasks, it seems that the San Diego-based company wants to go further and offer a much more complete solution with much more powerful graphics . or offer the possibility of using an external graphics card.
