Snapdragon X Windows PCs should run over 1,000 games at playable framerates, super resolution improves performance
Elden Ring, Counter-Strike 2, The Sims 4, Final Fantasy XIV, and others run smoothly through Arm-to-x86 translation layer
Qualcomm is offering a NUC-like Snapdragon X mini desktop for Windows developers
Top-end Snapdragon specs for $899 with ports for four 4K displays
Snapdragon X Elite-powered Microsoft Surface laptop tests show impressive results, with a caveat
That battery life looks amazing
Microsoft Copilot AI will offer tips in PC and Xbox games like Minecraft
AI-based game assistant can react to in-game events in real time
Ampere announces monstrous 256-core 3nm CPU, teams up with Qualcomm for AI
The chipmaker slated release for sometime next year
Snapdragon X Elite laptops from Dell are launching soon, leaked docs claim nearly double the battery life
The Arm-based chips could be costing Dell half as much as Intel's
Snapdragon X Elite is faster than Intel and AMD flagship CPUs in Geekbench
Laptops powered by the Snapdragon X Elite are coming later this year
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite Arm SoC is capable of running Baldur's Gate 3 at 30 frames per second
Is 30 FPS a "perfectly playable" rate for the PC gaming crowd?
Can Snapdragon X Elite finally make Windows on Arm a gaming champ? Qualcomm thinks so
Qualcomm may be about to pull an Apple
Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC is meant for budget flagships
The new chipset will be used by a host of Chinese OEMs in their "flagship killer" devices
MediaTek beat out Apple and Qualcomm to finish 2023 as the top smartphone chip vendor
MediaTek shipped more smartphone processors than anyone else in Q4 2023
Windows 12 is coming, and Qualcomm may have already tested the OS on its new Arm chip
Will the next release of Windows implement AI services as an integral part of personal computing?
Nvidia surges while Samsung slides: Gartner highlights 2023 semiconductor movers and shakers
The memory segment was hit hard in 2023
A new vulnerability affecting Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm GPUs could expose AI data
Some affected devices have already been patched, but many more are still vulnerable
Sony's XR headset is coming later this year sporting latest Snapdragon SoC and dual 4K OLED displays
OLED microdisplays will provide 4K resolution in each eye - roughly double that of PSVR 2
Qualcomm claims Snapdragon X Elite Arm SoC is faster than Apple's M3
The yet-to-materialize SoC is beating the competition by a wide margin
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC will bring "premium performance" to mid-range smartphones
Everything is better, except for Qualcomm's increasingly confusing mobile chip branding
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite outperforms AMD's Radeon 780M in 3DMark
Clearly beating mobile x86 processors in performance and efficiency, but Apple remains ahead
PC CPUs are getting more interesting, and competition is coming
Why it matters: Five years ago there were only two companies that made CPUs, today there are a dozen. Most of the new entrants went after the big, profitable data center market, but now competitors are coming for PCs. Nvidia and AMD are reportedly preparing Arm-based CPUs for PCs. With Microsoft opening up the market for Arm laptop CPUs, this spells bad news for Qualcomm today, and potentially bad news for Intel over the very long term.
Qualcomm's next-gen Arm SoC runs Windows, can beat Intel and Apple in some applications and efficiency
Something to look forward to: After years of monotony and relative stasis in the PC industry, things are starting to change. And man, it's getting exciting again! Earlier this year, AMD launched the Ryzen 7040, the first PC SoC with a built-in NPU (Neural Processing Unit) – otherwise known as an AI accelerator. Then a few weeks ago, Intel debuted its Core Ultra chip featuring its own AI accelerator. Now Qualcomm is putting an exclamation point on the AI PC trend with the launch of its Snapdragon X Elite SoC for PCs.
Qualcomm announces RISC-V chip for Wear OS-based wearable devices
Highly anticipated: After betting on the future of RISC-V with an industry-wide alliance, Qualcomm is now bringing its first chip based on the open-source architecture to the mass market. The American chipmaker will join Google in creating a new hardware platform for the Wear OS system.
CPU rumor mill: New details about Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm's roadmaps
Future desktop and mobile chip lineups detailed
Upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon X SoCs aim to match Apple's M-series performance and efficiency
An "inflection point for the PC industry"
Qualcomm lives to fight another day
There is also the potential for Apple and Qualcomm to mend fences. Maybe.
