Qualcomm teases snapdragon 820 with kyro cores and also ultrasonic finger print scanner at MWC

Smartphones powered by Qualcomm's snapdragon 810 are just about to be launched. The new chip has updated performance and is efficient than ever. It had some heating issues which were fixed (as said by Qualcomm) but Qualcomm couldn't resist themselves from previewing their further next gen chip the snapdragon 820.

Qualcomm previewed the snapdragon at MWC 2015. The chip is an 64 bit one will use custom made kyro cores and based on 14nm FinFET process node (which means stacking cores over the top in a 3d configuration). This could give the chip some great performance, efficiency plus it will consume less space. They already have some competition from Samsung as their exynos chip already use 14nm FinFET process node.

The S820 will start begin sampling in mid 2015 which means you'll see phones with s820 at around end of the year

Qualcomm also previewed their ultrasonic finger print scanning technology which scans the the finger prints in 3D and creates a virtual image in three dimensions which would make it more harder to fool than traditional capacitive type scanners. Ultrasonic waves can also pass through plastic, glass or even metal meaning scanners can be embedded just behind the display without needing the extra drivers installed beneath the phone which would result in smaller bezels

They also talked about the Zeroth technology which basically learns and adapts itself according to surroundings and customize it's actions. This will be a part of S820 chip.