Qualcomm planning to add AV1 support to upcoming Snapdragon chip - TechSpot

Last month, sources told Protocol that an upcoming Snapdragon mobile processor would be Qualcomm's first chip to support AV1 decoding natively. The chip, internally codenamed SM8550, is...

Why it matters: Support for the AV1 video codec has been spreading recently. Qualcomm may be one of the most important companies hopping on the AV1 bandwagon through an upcoming mobile chip. Firefox … [+1656 chars]

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