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It took a minute (and not a New York minute), but Microsoft is taking the leash off of most of its Copilot+ features that were tethered exclusively to Snapdragon X series laptops, and letting them roam free on Copilot+ PCs powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 series and Intel Core Ultra 200V processors. The only exceptions are...
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Qualcomm is reportedly urging multiple antitrust agencies around the globe to intervene in its dispute with Arm, with the former privately alleging in meetings and secret filings that the latter is engaging in unfair business practices. It's said Qualcomm has filed confidential complaints with the United States...
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If you're not a big gamer, you may have been perplexed at the recent preponderance of portable gaming PCs in handheld game system form. We could talk at length about why they've exploded in popularity *now*, but that's not why you clicked on this article. Instead, you're here to read about Qualcomm's new Snapdragon G...
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At MWC, Qualcomm announced that it is expanding its 5G portfolio with the Qualcomm X85 5G Modem-RF and the Dragonwing FWA Gen 4 Elite platform, which is the first major product under the company's new Dragonwing branding. While AI is sometimes just a buzzword, Qualcomm notes it's using machine learning to meaningfully...
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If you are reading this, there's a pretty good chance that you are already familiar with Qualcomm's Snapdragon branding. Snapdragon is the dominant mobile chip platform in Android-based smartphones and Arm-based Copilot+ PCs, with solutions running the gamut from flagship silicon (we're looking at you, Snapdragon 8...
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As much as we're enamored by the high-end silicon (like the Snapdragon 8 Elite) that drives flagship smartphones, we're equally impressed by the gains we've seen in the more affordable mid-range segment over the past several years. To that end, Qualcomm today announced the arrival of its Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 mobile...
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Qualcomm's latest earnings report is out, and the company is riding high on strong handset, automotive and laptop platform revenue numbers. For Q1 of FY2025, Qualcomm posted revenue of $11.7 billion, up 14% quarter-over-quarter and 18% year-over-year. Handsets led the charge with $7.6 billion in revenue, a 24%...
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Qualcomm's ambitions to dominate the ARM-based laptop market took another step forward with the apparent shipping of the Snapdragon X2 Ultra (Premium?) chip, as revealed by recent shipping logs spotted by enthusiast and occasional leaker Everest (@Olrak29_ on X/Twitter). The logs, dated around New Year's, reference...
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Qualcomm announced today a slew of AI innovations that seek to transform user experiences across multiple categories, with automotive and enterprise/industrial applications among them. In the automotive sector, the chipset maker believes that with the advancements in Snapdragon Digital Chassis and Snapdragon...
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Make no mistake, Qualcomm has big aspirations of taking x86's lunch money in the consumer PC space, and while that's been true for a long while now, the effort really began in earnest with its Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus platforms. They're the strongest Arm-based competitors to x86's dominance to date...
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As more Arm-based solutions make headway into a PC market that's traditionally been dominated by x86 solutions, it's understandable that Intel, the largest player in the x86 chip space, might feel a little nervous. But is there anything to truly feel nervous about? That depends on who you ask, as key figures from both...
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It has taken a few attempts, but Arm is finally starting to hits its stride on Windows, and it's thanks in large part to Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and Plus processors. What's also helped is that Microsoft promoted Snapdragon X Elite/Plus laptops as the first wave of Copilot+ PCs. Don't get us wrong, we're not...
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When we tested laptops based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processors, we were very impressed overall with the performance and the battery life, as both were objectively excellent—mostly making good on Qualcomm's claims.
One sore spot in our testing, though, particularly around the top-end Snapdragon X Elite...
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HotHardware's very own Dave Altavilla is on site in Maui, Hawaii, at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit where the chip company has revealed its latest Snapdragon 8-family of processors, known as "Snapragon 8 Elite" due to their inclusion of the same powerful Oryon CPU core used in the speedy Snapdragon X Elite laptop...
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Arm Ltd has reportedly cancelled a license granted to Qualcomm to design chips based on its technology, possibly throwing the mobile market into a state of disarray. The report states Arm has given Qualcomm a 60-day notice of the cancellation, as required by law.
About three years ago, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon...
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Qualcomm has just announced its latest intelligent automotive platforms, the Snapdragon Cockpit Elite and Snapdragon Ride Elite. The big news here is that both systems will be powered by the company's Oryon CPU architecture, which promises up to 3x faster CPU and 12x greater AI performance versus its predecessors...
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Qualcomm has been hitting the rumor and leak mill lately with its forthcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset for flagship phones, but today the company is unveiling its next effort to push the boundaries of networking with the help of AI. Qualcomm has just announced what they are calling "the first commercial platform to...
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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is just around the corner, and its promised performance is driving no small amount of hype. A new leak sheds more light over the Gen 4's potential to give Apple's engineers some sleepless nights. Supposed Geekbench scores from a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4-powered OnePlus 13 show the new SoC...
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Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon has confirmed that the company is working with Google and Samsung on a pair of mixed reality glasses linked to a smartphone. The news of the trio of tech giants working together on a pair of XR glasses was teased at the end of Samsung’s Unpacked 2023 event.
It seems it is a good time to...
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Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Series processors are very potent 12 and 10-core CPUs that are occasionally power-limited in the systems we've tested. Unlike Intel's processors, Qualcomm's chip doesn't contain a mix of performance and efficient cores—you get three quad-core clusters of full-fat Oryon CPUs. A dozen cores is...
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Qualcomm is in the midst of a major push into the Windows ecosystem with its Arm-based Snapdragon X Elite and Plus silicon, which power the initial batch of Microsoft's Copilot+ branded laptops. Expanding on that effort, Qualcomm is rolling out two new 8-core variants of the Snapdragon X Plus, which should help usher...
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Is the era of x86 computing about to end? Not at all, though today's Arm-based solutions present the biggest threat to date to x86's decades-long dominance in the Windows landscape, and in time we could see a shift towards a more balanced (or at least less lopsided) roster of chips. Qualcomm's Snadragon X Elite and...
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