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Qualcomm has built a huge CPU empire over the decades. However, much of the company's product base, like the vast range of Snapdragon processors, all use technology licensed out via ARM. Now, a dispute between Arm and Qualcomm could blow it all up.

The Snapdragon Mini PC, intended as a Windows on Arm dev kit to encourage developers to port their apps, has been cancelled.

While Snapdragon X1 Elite processors have only just hit the market, work on the next generation PC CPUs from Qualcomm is already well underway.

Leo checks out the Acer Swift 14 AI, powered by Qualcomm

Today Qualcomm expands its line-up of Snapdragon X processors. We've already seen the Snapdragon X Elite, but now, our attention turns to the new Snapdragon X Plus, a cheaper 8-core CPU that will debut in CoPilot+ PCs later this month.

Qualcomm is gearing up to unveil new products at IFA 2024, which is kicking off next week. Although it hasn't been confirmed what the company will present, a leaked slide suggests that one of these products is the 8-core Snapdragon X Plus. According to @evleaks (via VideoCardz), the company is …

In the lead-up to the official launch of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and Plus processors, Qualcomm has unveiled new details about its graphics architecture. The highly anticipated Adreno X1 marks the first generation of integrated graphics for X-series SoCs running Windows on ARM. The ‘1' denotes the generation, with …

Microsoft is gearing up to integrate super-resolution technology for gaming at the OS level. This upcoming feature, currently available to Windows Insiders, will allow super-resolution upscaling in select games and applications through the Windows graphics settings. However, it seems this feature will initially be limited to specific devices. As noted …

We’ve been following the development of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X processors closely in recent months. Following on from our hands-on, in which we were able to test these chips in reference Snapdragon laptops, Qualcomm has now announced the first consumer devices to use them. Qualcomm has partnered with Microsoft to support …

While Qualcomm is remaining quiet on the launch date for the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus processors, it does appear that OEMs are gearing up to make announcements very soon. Today, Asus has announced its next AI PC launch event, which will feature guest speakers from both Qualcomm …

Qualcomm has been gearing up for the launch of the Snapdragon Elite X processor for months now. Recently, KitGuru was invited to an event to preview to learn about the new Snapdragon X Plus, as well as get hands-on time with Snapdragon X-equipped laptops.

Recent Geekbench 6 scores have revealed that the Snapdragon X Elite, Qualcomm's upcoming CPU, has surpassed AMD's flagship laptop APU, the Ryzen 9 7940HS, in both single- and multi-core ratings, indicating that the next generation of Arm-based CPUs might compete with x86 chips used in laptops and desktop PCs.  According …

Mobile World Congress kicks off today and as you would expect, Qualcomm has plenty to show this year. With the whole tech world moving towards AI, we've seen plenty of new PC hardware designed with AI acceleration in mind. Now, Qualcomm wants to bring those same AI capabilities to mobile …

Last week, Qualcomm officially announced its new 12-core processor for PCs, the Snapdragon X Elite, planned to become available in 2024. Now just one week later, Qualcomm has released the first benchmarks, comparing the chip to competing Intel and AMD laptop processors. 

Since 2016, Qualcomm has worked with Microsoft, supplying laptop processors capable of running Windows. Today at the Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon X Elite, a powerful new 12-core processor for PCs.

Microsoft has been working on Windows for Arm for years at this point but for the most part, the PC industry still relies on x86 processors. Apple began to change this with the launch of Apple Silicon, its own specialised processors for Macs using Arm technology. Now, it looks like Nvidia and AMD might be preparing Arm processors of their own for Windows PCs.

Apple has been trying to break up with Qualcomm for years. The two companies entered a massive legal battle after Apple tried to switch to Intel for its future supply of modems for iPhones. Apple eventually acquired Intel's modem business and has been hard at work developing its own in-house …

This week, Qualcomm unveiled its latest innovation in audio for the Qualcomm S3 Gen 2 sound platform. The new solution is optimised for gaming, combining Snapdragon Sound and LE audio to deliver ultra-low latency and lag-free wireless audio with voice back-channel for in-game chat. The Qualcomm S3 Gen 2 Sound …

Back in 2019, Apple acquired Intel's smartphone modem business for roughly $1 billion, giving Apple everything it needs to develop its own WiFi chips for future devices. We've yet to see Apple make the jump to its own WiFi modems in the iPhone and it looks like the company will …

Ahead of Computex next week, Qualcomm is unveiling its next generation Snapdragon processors. The next wave of high-tier Android smartphones will be powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, with the former focused on pushing the boundaries of mobile performance, and the latter focused …

The review embargo for Galaxy S22 phones hasn't lifted yet, but benchmark scores are beginning to make their way online. In the US, the S22 will come equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen1, while other countries will get a version with Samsung's own Exynos 2200 SoC under the hood. Unfortunately, …

The Samsung Exynos 2200 is coming to smartphones soon, complete with AMD RDNA2 graphics. Unfortunately, preliminary tests show that the chip might not be as impressive as hoped, with just a 5% bump to CPU performance and a 17% bump to GPU performance compared to the Exynos 2100.  Samsung announced …

Recently, Samsung unveiled its new Exynos 2200 chip with embedded RDNA 2 graphics thanks to a partnership with AMD. The company did not give us performance comparisons at the time, but the first benchmarks are now appearing, giving us a look at how it stands up to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 …

Qualcomm is developing a new compute platform for the next generation of handheld gaming devices. The Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 has been announced this week and is already available as a developer kit, designed in partnership with Razer.  Whether you want to play an Android game or stream a PC …

As mobile chipsets get more and more powerful, and bigger – more expansive – games come to mobile phones, there has started to become a need for a gaming handheld to represent the Android community. In response, Razer is collaborating with Qualcomm to create just that. Videocardz.com managed to get …

Qualcomm has recently stated it would change the Snapdragon branding and naming scheme, starting with its new flagship SoC. That time has now come, with Qualcomm announcing the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, based on the 4nm process node and using the ARMv9 instruction set.  Like many of its predecessors, …

We've seen multiple laptops and 2-in-1 PCs with ARM-based processors running Windows, but they've all had one thing in common – Qualcomm processors. This week, we finally found out why this has been the case. As it turns out, Microsoft and Qualcomm hashed out an exclusivity deal for Windows on …

Since last year, the tech industry has been dealing with a major chip shortage, leading to increased prices and lower supply in most major product categories. Due to demand for supply lines, TSMC is reportedly going to be raising its prices by as much as 20 percent.  According to The …

A while back, Intel announced plans to get into the foundry business, creating chips for other companies to rival the foundry businesses of TSMC and Samsung, amongst others. Now, we know who the first two Intel Foundry customers will be – Qualcomm and Amazon.  Last night, following Intel's new process …

Qualcomm has partnered up with Asus to design Qualcomm's first smartphone. Initially, it will only be available for Snapdragon Insiders, but a wider release is scheduled for August. Named “Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders”, Qualcomm's first smartphone features 16GB of LPDDR5 memory, 512GB ROM, and an 8-core Snapdragon 888 5G SoC …