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title: "QAM8797P"
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# QAM8797P

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Snapdragon Ride™ Elite (QAM8797) is engineered as a mixed-criticality platform offering advanced automated driving capabilities together with a cockpit experience.

The heterogeneous compute SoC leverages multiple core IPs, including Qualcomm Technologies' Oryon™ CPU, Adreno GPU, Hexagon NPU and a safe island, all tailored specifically for automotive applications. This platform is part of the Snapdragon® Digital Chassis™ Solution portfolio and is designed to provide unmatched power and intelligence for next-generation vehicles. With a unique and flexible architecture, Snapdragon Ride Elite enables automakers to implement automated driving and cockpit features within the same SoC efficiently, str...

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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 delivers a premium-tier experience and an improvement of AI performance by 6x* for upgradability of driving convenience, productivity, entertainment, and comfort features and functions throughout a vehicle's lifecycle.

**Powerful GPU for advanced rendering**

Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU is a versatile compute engine designed to boost rendering performance by 3x* for best-in-class UX and premium entertainment. The GPU can also handle other workloads, such as perception and sensor fusion, with support for functional safety.

**Advanced automated driving systems**

Optimized for E2E AI, transformer model-based automated driving and advanced VLA models, the SoC is designed to meet the needs of on device, time-critical decisions and enhanced user experiences.

**Safety-Focused**

Designed to meet automotive safety standards for ASIL-D systems with a dedicated safety island controller and robust hardware architecture for isolation and interference-free operation, helping to enable reliable quality-of-service for specific ADAS functions, as well as comfort and confidence from drivers and passengers.

**Low-power modes**

Snapdragon® Elite platforms are engineered to support always-on automotive systems through a combination of advanced power efficiency and hardware-rooted security. Designed with a low-power architecture, the platform intelligently distributes workloads across heterogeneous compute engines enabling critical functions such as surround monitoring and biometric access to operate in energy-efficient modes for extended periods.

**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.

**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 over 40+ sensors, rich user experiences and advanced AI-enabled audio.