# Introduction
Source: [https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-73475-1/topic/introduction.html](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-73475-1/topic/introduction.html)
This topic provides the functional block diagram and the device features.
Note:
Unless otherwise specified, QCS8275 refers to the QCS8275-AA and QCS8275-AC
throughout this document. Wherever appropriate, exceptions are specified.
## Functional block diagram
Source: [https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-73475-1/topic/introduction.html](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-73475-1/topic/introduction.html)
This functional block diagram shows the overall representation of the subsystems on this
chipset.
Figure : QCS8275 functional block diagram
Note: Only 2 × PMIC (2 × PMM8620AU) are supported, 4 × PMIC support will be available
later.
Note:
- RTSS\_IO (×68): Only the RTSS\_IO\_52 pin is reserved for internal use.
- HS-I²S (×3): Two out of the three HS-I²S interfaces are muxed behind the I²S
interfaces.
- LS-I²S/PCM/TDM (×8): Among the eight LS-I²S interfaces, five are dedicated LS-I²S, two
are muxed with HS-I²S, and one dedicated HS-I²S interface reconfigured as an LS-I²S
interface.
- eMMC and UFS: Cannot co-exist, either eMMC or UFS can be used.
## QCS8275 features
Source: [https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-73475-1/topic/introduction.html](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-73475-1/topic/introduction.html)
This table lists the comprehensive features of the QCS8275 chipset
and its capabilities.
Note: Some of the hardware features integrated within the QCS8275 must be enabled by software. See the latest revision of the applicable software release
notes to identify the enabled QCS8275 features.
Table : QCS8275 variant feature set comparison
| Feature | QCS8275-AA | QCS8275-AC |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kryo Prime | 2 × 2.35 GHz | 2 × 2.05 GHz |
| Kryo Gold | 2 × 2.1 GHz | 2 × 1.9 GHz |
| Kryo Silver | 4 × 1.95 GHz | 4 × 1.8 GHz |
| GPU | A623 at 877 MHz | A623 at 599 MHz |
| HMX/HVX | 1.2 GHz/1.5 GHz [^1^](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-73475-1/topic/introduction.html#fntarg_1_features) | 672 MHz/960 MHz |
| Dense TOPS | 40 | 20 |
[^1^](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-73475-1/topic/introduction.html#fnsrc_1_features) To support HMX/HVX maximum specification, 4 × PMIC
configuration is required.
### Processors
| Function | Description |
| :---: | :---: |
| CPU | Kryo Gen 6 CPU subsystem
Dual Kryo Prime cores with 256 kB L2 cache per core targeting up to 2.35 GHz
Dual Kryo Gold cores with 256 kB L2 cache per core targeting up to 2.1 GHz
1 MB shared L3 cache per cluster for Prime cluster and Gold cluster
Quad Kryo Silver cores with 64 kB L2 cache per core targeting up to 1.95 GHz
512 kB shared L3 cache for Silver cluster
|
| Digital signal processing | Hexagon Tensor Processor is integrated with Qualcomm Hexagon DSP, quad Hexagon vector eXtensions (quad-HVX), and dual Hexagon matrix eXtensions (HMX) co-processors
Common AI processing architecture for machine learning use cases
Matrix co-processors (one HMX-Integer and one HMX-float per Hexagon Tensor Processor) for deep neural network acceleration
Audio Hexagon DSP dedicated to audio subsystem, targeting up to 1.344 GHz and with a 2 MB L2/TCM
One general-purpose Hexagon DSP (GPDSP) targeting up to 1.708 GHz and with a 1 MB L2 cache for advanced audio processing and other use cases
All Hexagon DSPs are cache-based processors with full access to DDR memory |
| Real time subsystem |
A subsystem integrated with quad Cortex-R52 CPU
Separated clock and reset input
Dedicated logic/memory voltage domain
Independent booting capability through OSPI interface
|
| Always-on system |
Always-on subsystem with always-on processor
Hardware-based resource and power management (RPMh) with hardware accelerators for voltage control and regulation, clock management, and resource communication
|
### Memory
| Function | Description |
| :---: | :---: |
| System memory via EBI |
Four-channel high-speed memory – 3200 MHz LPDDR5 SDRAM (4 × 16‑bit) and supports up to 32 GB (8 GB per channel)
NOTE: Tested only for 12 GB (2 × 6 GB)
1 MB system cache
|
| Other internal memory |
256 kB IMEM
1.5 MB GMEM for graphics
1 MB L2 cache and 8 MB Vector-TCM (vTCM) for each Hexagon Tensor Processor
|
### External memory
| Function | Description |
| :---: | :---: |
| Via UFS | One UFS 3.1 gear 4 – two lanes for on-board memory (Main domain boot up device) |
| Via eMMC | eMMC interface (Main domain boot up device)
**NOTE**: Either UFS or eMMC can be the primary (Main domain) boot interface |
| Via OSPI/QSPI | NOR flash memory running up to 166 MHz as RTSS domain boot up device |
| Via PCIe | NVMe (non-bootable) |
### Multimedia
| Function | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Display | Adreno display processing unit (DPU) 1199 |
| Display interface/performance | One 4-lane MIPI DSI with VESA DSC v1.2
D-PHY v1.2: 2.5 Gbps/lane on four lanes per port, 10 Gbps total
C-PHY v1.1: 5.7 Gbps/trio on three trios per port, 17 Gbps total
One DisplayPort (DP) v1.4 at 8.1 Gbps/lane, 32.4 Gbps/port, MST, and VESA DSC v1.2a and forward error correction (FEC) |
| Image processing | Destination scaler, fetch exclusion rectangle, inline rotation, 17 × 17 × 17 3D LUT (ViG/DSPP), HDR10 improvements WCG, rounded-corner, CCCS to fixed-point |
| Compression | UBWC 4.0, DSC v1.2 |
| Camera | Qualcomm Spectra 692 ISP |
| Performance |
Pixel processing: 2 × IFE + 5 × IFE_L
Data format inputs: 24‑bit HDR RGGB/RCCB/RYYCy/RGBIR, RCCG, YUV
Data format outputs: 12/10/8 bit Y, 10/8 bit UV; RGB8 in planar or interleaved order
|
| Camera interface | Processing features: 24b HDR bayer processing, lens distortion correction, advanced tone mapping, offset correction, lens roll off correction, bad pixel correction, directional scalers, color LUTs, color space transform, noise reduction
Three MIPI CSI interfaces are configurable as D-PHY or C-PHY mode
D-PHY v1.2: 2.5 Gbps/lane on four lanes per port, 10 Gbps/port, up to 30 Gbps total. Each 4-lane port can also be configured as 1-lane + 2-lane ports or 1-lane +1-lane ports
C-PHY v1.2: 10.2 Gbps/trio on three trios per port, 31 Gbps/port, up to 93 Gbps total. Each 3-trio port can also be configured as 1-trio + 2-trio ports, or three 1-trio ports
|
| Video |
Adreno video processing unit (VPU) 623 – fifth-generation UHD video processing unit
Up to 8 (5 + 2 + 1) 2 interfaces (pin multiplexed with PCM/TDM interfaces): seven (4 + 2 + 1) 2 interfaces with two data lanes each; one interface with four data lanes for a total of 18 (12 + 4 + 2) 2 data lanes
Three MCLKs up to 512 × 48 kHz (24.576 MHz); clock master or slave independent of the source of frame sync/word select
Supports two channels of 32‑bit sample up to 384 kHz sample rate, for each data line
|
| PCM/TDM (muxed with LS-I^2^S pins) |
Multi-lane TDM (master and slave capable)
Up to 10 (7 + 3*) interfaces (pin multiplexed with I2S): nine (6 + 3*) interfaces with two data lanes each; one interface with four data lanes
Short, long, and one-slot sync mode
Maximum clock frequency of 24.576 MHz
Up to 512 bits/frame, 32 bits/slot, 16 slots/interface with 48 kHz sample rate
Support TDM interfaces grouping for data synchronization
|
| HS-I^2^S |
Three high-speed (up to 73.728 MHz) receive interfaces; two of them are muxed behind LS-I2S interfaces; all of them can be configured as LS-I2S interfaces if needed
Two receive-only data lanes per interface; clock and word select in slave mode
**NOTE**: The additional LS-I^2^S interfaces (muxed with PCM/TDM pins) are configured from the three dedicated HS-I^2^S interfaces. |
^2^ Five dedicated LS-I^2^S,
two muxed with HS-I^2^S, and one dedicated HS-I^2^S
reconfigured as LS-I^2^S interface
### Physical interfaces
| Interface | Description |
| :---: | :---: |
| Qualcomm universal peripheral (QUP) serial engines |
17 main domain (MD) GPIO-based QUP SEs: multiplexed serial interface functions
5 bits for QUP1_SE_2 and 4 bits for each of the other 15 QUP SEs; multiplexed serial interface functions
Five RTSS domain GPIO-based QUP SEs: 5 bits for QUP0_SE_4 and 4 bits for each of the other four QUP SEs; multiplexed serial interface functions
|
| UART (up to 4 MHz) | UART (64 B FIFO) interface available on all MD and RTSS domains QUP SEs, except MD QUP0\_SE\_2/3, QUP1\_SE\_2/3 and RTSS QUP0\_SE\_2/3, which also support HS-UART (128 B FIFO) |
| I²C master (up to 1 MHz) | I²C interface available on QUP SEs of MD and RTSS domains, dedicated controller for each port |
| SPI master (up to 50 MHz) | SPI master interfaces are available on all QUP SEs of MD and RTSS domains except for MD QUP0\_SE\_7 and MD QUP1\_SE\_3 |
| SPI slave (up to 50 MHz) | SPI slave interface available on MD QUP0\_SE\_4/5, QUP1\_SE\_4/5, and RTSS QUP0\_SE\_0/1 |
| CCI I²C | Six dedicated I²C interfaces for devices using CSI ports |
| USB | Two total USB interfaces
USB0 – USB 3.1 Gen 2 (HS + SS, supports device and host modes, DRD)
USB1 – USB 2.0 (HS, support device and host modes, DRD)
|
| PCIe |
One 2-lane PCIe Gen4: PCIe0 (RC + EP)
One 4-lane PCIe Gen4: PCIe1 (RC + EP)
|
| RGMII | One RTSS domain RGMII interface with MDIO for Ethernet |
| CAN-FD | Four CAN-FD interfaces located in the RTSS domain, each of them supports up to 12 Mbps |
| SGMII | One SGMII interface supporting up to 2.5GbE (up to 3.125 Gbps serial line rate) |
### Configurable GPIOs
| Function | Description |
| :---: | :---: |
| Number of main domain GPIO ports | 133 – GPIO\_0 to GPIO\_132 |
| Number of RTSS domain GPIO ports | 68 – RTSS\_IO\_0 to RTSS\_IO\_67 |
| Input configurations | Pull-up, pull-down, keeper, or no pull |
| Output configurations | Programmable drive current up to 16 mA |
| Top-level mode multiplexer | Provides a convenient way to program groups of GPIOs |
### Internal functions
| Function | Description |
| :---: | :---: |
| Security | Crypto: Hardware ECC and RSA (Elliptic-Curve Cryptography), ICE, Crypto engine v5 (CE5), FIPS/CAVP certifiable, RNG (random number generation)
QFPROM: Fuse bits available for OEM use
Access control: Programmable security domain protection and sandboxing
Secure boot and tools: Secure boot with Sectools 5.4; easy to use tool set
Storage security: Secure file system (SFS); fast trusted storage
ICEMEM: An inline encryption/decryption engine used to protect the confidentiality of external RAM
Debug: JTAG
Others: Thermal sensors; modes and resets; peripheral subsystem |
| PLLs and clocks |
Multiple clock regimes; watchdog and sleep timers
Dedicated 19.2 MHz RTSS_CXO for real time subsystem
19.2 MHz CXO_0 and CXO_1 as clock sources for main domain of the chip
General-purpose outputs: M/N counter and PDM
|
| Operating temperature | Ambient temperature -40°C to +105°C; maximum junction temperature 125°C |
### RF support
| Function | Description |
| :---: | :---: |
| WLAN/Bluetooth | QCA6698
802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth (BT) v5.3 |
| WLAN baseband data | PCIe 0 interface |
| Bluetooth | UART interface |
Last Published: Jul 21, 2026
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