Qualcomm released the first generation of Snapdragon AR2 platform, and the power consumption of 4 nm process can be less than 1 watt.

Phoenix Network Technology News (Author/Jia Nan) On November 17th, the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit held in Hawaii entered the second day. Following the release of the second generation Snapdragon 8 mobile platform yesterday, today’s content will mainly focus on terminal platforms other than smart phones. For the augmented reality (AR) platform, Qualcomm launched the first generation AR2 platform in Snapdragon, and the next generation CPU core Oryon in Qualcomm.

As a part of Qualcomm’s augmented reality product, the first generation Snapdragon AR2 was manufactured by 4nm process, and adopted multi-chip distributed processing architecture and customized IP modules, including an AR processor, an AR coprocessor and a connection platform. On the basis that the space occupied by the main processor is reduced by 40% compared with the previous first-generation Snapdragon XR2 platform, the AR performance of the first-generation Snapdragon AR2 is improved by 2.5 times, while the power consumption is reduced by 50%, and the power consumption of AR glasses is allowed to be less than 1W.

At the same time, through this platform, AR devices can classify data: delay-sensitive content such as games and videos will be directly sent to head-mounted devices for processing, while other more complex data requirements will be handed over to compatible devices such as smartphones and PCs equipped with Opteron processors.

As an AR processor, the first generation Snapdragon AR2 supports up to nine concurrent cameras for user and environment understanding. At the same time, the perceptual performance of its hardware acceleration engine, AI accelerator and re-projection engine has also been improved. The AR coprocessor included in the platform can support eye tracking and iris authentication for visual focus rendering by aggregating camera and sensor data.

In terms of connectivity, the first generation of Snapdragon AR2 platform integrates the FastConnect 7800 connection system of Qualcomm and supports the connection of Wi-Fi 7. Officials say that it can reduce the time between AR glasses and mobile phones or host terminals to less than 2 milliseconds.

In addition to the first generation Snapdragon AR2 platform, Qualcomm also released the second generation Qualcomm S5 audio platform and the second generation Qualcomm S3 audio platform. Both of them support the Snapdragon Sound high unobstructed listening technology, and are optimized for the second generation Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, supporting dynamic spatial audio, lossless music streaming, 48ms low delay, LE Audio and the third generation Qualcomm adaptive active noise reduction technology.

In addition, Qualcomm also announced its next-generation CPU core in Snapdragon platform-ORYON, which is expected to be delivered in 2023.