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# QAM8397P

Snapdragon® Cockpit Elite (QAM8397) delivers unmatched processing power and intelligence to modern vehicles, enabling GenAI/Agentic AI powered experiences. At the heart of this platform is the Qualcomm Oryon™ CPU, recognized as Qualcomm Technologies’ fastest CPU, now tailored specifically for automotive needs. Snapdragon® Cockpit Elite is engineered to provide outstanding performance in computing, graphics, and artificial intelligence, all while preserving industry-leading energy efficiency. Additionally, it supports advanced software...

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## Features

**High performance, low power**

Qualcomm Oryon™ CPU designed for a 3x* increase in CPU performance.

**Configurable NPU architecture and AI powerhouse**

Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU is designed to amp up AI performance by 12x* to deliver new levels of convenience, productivity, entertainment, and comfort throughout a vehicle’s lifecycle.

**Powerful GPU for advanced rendering**

Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU is designed to boost rendering performance by 3x* for best-in-class UX and premium entertainment.

**Flexible ISP with HDR processing**

Powerful, efficient camera system with an advanced Image Signal Processor (ISP) for clear, responsive visuals in extreme driving conditions. Designed to support over 40 multimodal sensors, including up to 20 high-resolution cameras for 360-degree coverage and in-cabin monitoring.

**Premium entertainment**

Advanced display processing unit is designed to power 16 high resolution displays at once, while AI enables zonal audio and noise suppression technology.

**Safety-Focused**

Designed to meet automotive safety standards for ASIL-B systems with a dedicated safety island controller and robust hardware architecture for isolation and interference-free operation.

**Software-Defined**

Purpose-built for the industry’s shift to SDVs, the elite-tier platforms are designed to take an end-to-end approach for upgradeability through the unified software framework that emphasizes software reuse; designed to help automakers accelerate feature development via a cloud-based workbench, streamlining software development for continuous improvement and reducing time to market for new features and services.

**Flexible, Centralized Processing with Software Virtualization and Multi-OS Support**

The heterogeneous platform seamlessly runs multiple applications without performance degradation, offering exceptional concurrency and multitasking for numerous cameras, sensors, rich user experiences and advanced AI-enabled audio with virtualization.

*All performance targets are compared to previous generation Snapdragon Cockpit Platforms.