New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- ​Qualcomm has confirmed the leaks around the naming of its next generation of flagship mobile processor, which will be called the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, jumping generations from its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which was launched around the same time last year.

​The American chipset maker also confirmed that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 will make its debut at its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii, on September 23.

​Snapdragon's naming scheme has become a bit of a mystery among the tech community in recent years, with the 2023 Snapdragon flagship called Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, its successor the 8 Elite, and now the 8 Elite Gen 5.

​Qualcomm tried to make sense of the naming scheme in ...