Showing off at CES

Qualcomm is working with Microsoft on custom chips that would control lightweight augmented reality glasses for use by both consumers and businesses for metaverse apps.

One of the big ones

Part of today's Qualcomm CES Automotive focused keynote CEO Cristiano Amon and Nakul Duggal, SVP & GM, automotive, announced that Honda chose 3rd generation Snapdragon Automotive cockpit solutions for its upcoming US and Worldwide cars.

Edge X30 Special Edition to feature under-display front camera

It is official, Motorola is the first one to announce a phone with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. The Motorola Edge X30 will be coming in two versions, with the Edge X30 Special Edition featuring an under-display front camera. The company also came up with the Motorola Edge S30, one to have the Snapdragon 888+ SoC.

SoC targeting handheld consoles, as well as other devices

Qualcomm is on a roll these days at its annual Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021, and a big part of the day-two has been left for the Snapdraong G3x Gen 1, a special SoC targetting handheld consoles and similar devices. It even partnered up with Razer, creating the Snapdragon G3x Handheld Development kit.

New SoCs for Windows-on-ARM laptops

In addition to the flagship smartphone SoC, Qualcomm has unveiled its next-generation SoCs for Windows-on-ARM laptops, including the flagship 5nm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 and the 6nm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3.

Motorola first with the announcement, Xiaomi to follow

There are plenty of smartphone makers that are jumping on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 train as Qualcomm has already confirmed we will see the first phones before the end of the year.

Close shave with gaming handheld 

Qualcomm appears to be collaborating with Razer on a new gaming handheld developer kit built around its upcoming Snapdragon G3X processor.

ARMv9 CPU cores, new Adreno GPU, camera improvements, and more

During its annual Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021, Qualcomm has unveiled its latest flagship mobile SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, bringing improvements across the board, including new ARMv9 CPU cores, new Adreno GPU, 7th Gen Qualcomm AI engine, camera improvements with Snapdragon Sight Camera Technology, 4th gen Snapdragon Elite Gaming, and more.

Snapdragon Gen 1, new brand, faster uploads, HDR 4K video, 8K

After two years of absence of in-person events due to the covid19, Qualcomm has kick-started its Snapdragon Technology in person. Many things have changed in the last two years, but we will pick two when it comes to Qualcomm.

Users were getting too used to the old system 

Qualcomm has announced some changes to how it brands its Snapdragon chips, and getting away from the three-digit numbering system.