Nexus 8 release date: Specs of the rumored 8-inch tablet by Google is reportedly going to be powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and will come as the tech giant is planning to kill off its Nexus 7 line. According to reports, the Nexus 8 is coming after Nexus 7 has been meeting very stiff competition at the 7-inch small screen tablet segment.

Specs of the upcoming tablet would include the all new Android 4.5, which many speculates to arrive by July 2014 and will power the Nexus 8 device out of the box. It’s also expected to feature a 64-bit processor that will rival Apple’s A7 chip. The processor has been rumored to be the upcoming Snapdragon 805 processor.

The Snapdragon processor will run the eight cores through four Cortex A53 CPUs and ARM Cortex-A57 CPUs. ARM’s configuration system will be controlling the system, making it possible to do scalable tweaks. Companies using the new chipset can fine tune the performance of the device.

In a report by the International Business Times, it noted that many consider the Nexus 7 series a success. The move to possibly kill the line is based on the fact that the 8-inch market for tablets has yet to be saturated. All the news surrounding the upcoming Nexus 8 device though are still rumors and will only be made official after a Google announcement.

Similar to what Apple has done traditionally, Google has been very secretive on its future releases and does not comment on devices in-development. Rumor on the Nexus 8 began when Google Android showed a picture of a female model holding a device that is slightly bigger than the Nexus 7. After news and speculations were published online about the image, Google pulled out the picture.