What you need to know Qualcomm’s upcoming PCs will leverage emulation to run x86/64 Windows games at optimum performance. Benchmark data showcases a similar performance to the Radeon 780M when played on a Snapdragon X Elite device. The company is expected to release these much-anticipated devices later this year during the summer. At the 2024 […]
Read MoreQualcomm’s latest cellular modem may be limited to the iPhone 16 Pro models this year, according to technology analyst Jeff Pu. In a research note today with investment firm Haitong International Securities, Pu reiterated his belief that the iPhone 16 Pro models will be equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X75 modem. However, he expects the standard […]
Read MoreSamsung must have made the decision to shift to Snapdragon chipsets entirely for the Galaxy S23 series with a heavy heart. It was almost like an admission of failure, that it couldn’t produce an Exynos chip that had the capability to take on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. So the company worked out a special […]
Read MoreQualcomm has reportedly ended its partnership with Iridium to bring two-way satellite connectivity to smartphones for emergency situations. Iridium is a company that has a constellation of low-earth orbit satellites. Earlier this year, Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Satellite, a technology that allows phones to send and receive messages even when there is no cellular network in […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Qualcomm recently announced its Snapdragon X Elite platform with Oryon CPU, which packs 12 performance cores and can peak at 4.3GHz. The platform is claimed to be faster and more efficient than Intel and Apple’s M2 processor. However, last week, Apple announced its M3 line of CPUs, with many Apple […]
Read MoreQualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite PC platform was unveiled yesterday at the Snapdragon Summit 2023 in Hawaii. It’s being highlighted as a true x86 alternative, enabling a more powerful experience for Windows-powered laptops running on ARM-based chipsets. However, the discussion has been entirely centered around using the Snapdragon X Elite for Windows laptops. This begs the […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Qualcomm recently announced Oryon and the Snapdragon X Elite PC platform, which is set to take on Apple and Intel for the most efficient mobile CPU. Qualcomm remarked last year that it has many “design wins,” which suggested many PC OEMs were on board with the Elite X. Qualcomm revealed […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Qualcomm recently announced Oryon and the Snapdragon X Elite PC platform, which is set to take on Apple and Intel for the most efficient mobile CPU. Qualcomm remarked last year that it has many “design wins,” which suggested many PC OEMs were on board with the Elite X. Qualcomm revealed […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Qualcomm recently announced Oryon and the Snapdragon X Elite PC platform, which is set to take on Apple and Intel for the most efficient mobile CPU. Qualcomm remarked last year that it has many “design wins,” which suggested many PC OEMs were on board with the Elite X. Qualcomm revealed […]
Read MoreThis week, Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon X Elite, its next generation PC chip that takes aim at Apple Silicon and is able to beat an Intel Core i9 and AMD Ryzen 7 in various benchmarks. It’s a world-class chip that finally puts Windows on ARM on the map, and unsurprisingly plays a larger role in […]
Read MoreAside from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile SoC and the Snapdragon X Elite chipset for laptops, at its Snapdragon Summit today in Hawaii Qualcomm also took the wraps off its latest audio chips that will power future TWS earbuds, headphones, and speakers. Meet the Qualcomm Snapdragon S7 and S7 Pro Gen 1 Sound platforms […]
Read MoreThe brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile chip is set to power the latest flagship Android smartphones and tablets but Qualcomm also announced its next-gen high-end chip for Windows on ARM laptops – the Snapdragon X Elite. Qualcomm hopes it can capture a larger claim a larger chunk of the PC chipset market with […]
Read MoreQualcomm has made a number of impressive announcements today, including the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset that will power next year’s Galaxy S24 lineup. But that’s not the most interesting thing we have learned today. That honor goes to the Snapdragon X Elite chipset for PCs, which comes with a new CPU core design dubbed […]
Read MoreQualcomm today unveiled its new Qualcomm S7 and S7 Pro Gen 1 audio chipsets at the Snapdragon Summit 2023 in Hawaii. These new platforms will bring about some major improvements for new earbuds that utilize them. Qualcomm has significantly improved Active Noise Cancellation performance and has introduced a new feature that will end range anxiety, […]
Read MoreIf last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 was any indication of what’s to come, it was evident that AI or Artificial Intelligence will be at the top of Qualcomm’s priorities for its next flagship mobile chipset. Enter the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the company’s latest top-tier chipset that was unveiled today at the Snapdragon […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Qualcomm has unveiled its first series of Snapdragon X platform for Windows laptops, dubbed Snapdragon X Elite. The new Oryon CPU powers the chip and packs 4.5x faster AI processing than competitors. Qualcomm claims that in single-threaded scores, the Elite X platform can beat Apple’s best M2 Max and Intel’s […]
Read MoreApple’s next-generation iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will be equipped with Qualcomm’s latest cellular modem, according to technology analyst Jeff Pu, enabling faster and more power efficient 5G connectivity for the devices. In a research note this week with investment firm Haitong International Securities, Pu said the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Qualcomm and its OEM partners are set to release notebooks based on system-on-chips (SoCs) with its Oryon general-purpose cores next year. Due to its proprietary power management protocols, the company wants to use its own PMIC in the next-generation processors. The PMICs are smartphone-oriented and might not be up to […]
Read MoreIn the last few years, Apple has spent billions of dollars attempting to develop its own modem chip to replace the Qualcomm modem chips that it uses in iPhones, but a new paywalled Wall Street Journal report suggests Apple’s approach to the project has been dogged by unrealistic goals, a poor understanding of the challenges […]
Read MoreWe’ve been hearing about Qualcomm’s new Oryon cores for a while now – the first custom high-performance ARM cores developed by the company since the original Kryo. It will be featured in chipsets aimed at Windows devices that are code named “Hamoa”. Previously, we only knew of a 12-core design, but new information suggests that […]
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