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Qualcomm officially launches Snapdragon X Plus
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 04 September 2024 14:01

Qualcomm officially launches Snapdragon X Plus


Bringing Copilot+ PCs to mainstream users with 45 TOPs AI performance

Ahead of the IFA show, Qualcomm's CEO, Cristiano Amon, has officially announced the introduction of the new 8-core Snapdragon X Plus SKUs, which should enable OEMs to offer Copilot+ to the mainstream market, launching PCs in the $700 to $900 range.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 could have a killer GPU
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Adreno GPU at its best

According to the latest rumor, it appears that Qualcomm's next-generation flagship mobile SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, could have an impressive GPU performance, running some GPU-intensive games at native 1080p resolution.

Qualcomm officially unveils Snapdragon X Plus SoC
Published in Mobiles


Coming alongside Snapdragon X Elite in mid-2024

As expected, Qualcomm shared a bit more details about its upcoming Snapdragon X Series platform and the Snapdragon X Plus SoC, a 10-core version based on Oryon CPU architecture. The Snapdragon X Plus is expected to come in OEM devices starting mid-2024, alongside Snapdragon X Elite-based devices.

Qualcomm officially announces Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 SoC
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With Cortex-X4 Prime core and on-device AI

Qualcomm has announced its latest mid-range chipset, the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, giving it a single Cortex-X4 Prime core and adding on-device AI capabilities, pushing it much closer to the flagship Snapdragon 8 series SoCs.

Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:58

Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2


More performance, higher efficiency, and the latest connectivity

During its annual Snapdragon Summit 2022, Qualcomm has unveiled its latest flagship mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, bringing performance and efficiency improvements all across the board.

Dimensity 9000 fails to prove its premium chipset
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Lacks in GPU, 5G, imaging, features 

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 got a lot of coverage, and the marketing machine is trying to promote this chipset as a premium. Guess what? Dimensity 9000 is not a premium chipset as it suffers from stitched stock Cortex IP, stock Mali GPU, lack of premium phone design wins, and, most importantly, too optimistic SoC clocks. The clocks, especially the mid-cluster, might get the company in trouble due to the high energy drain. 

Qualcomm gets serious about gaming on Snapdragon
Published in Gaming


Brings desktop-level features to Snapdragon platform

During the second day of its annual Snapdragon technology summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm touched a topic of mobile gaming, and it appears that the company is quite serious about tapping this big and lucrative market, bringing desktop-level features to the Snapdragon platform and offering mobile gamers performance, quality and unique set of features.

Surface Pro X is the tweaked Snapdragon 8CX
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 18 October 2019 12:54

Surface Pro X is the tweaked Snapdragon 8CX


Tuned up and rebranded

A Microsoft hardware event revealed the latest Intel, ARM and AMD based products and Surface Pro X based on ARM caught a lot of attentio. To set things straight, the Microsoft SQ1 is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8CX.

Asus ROG Phone II pictured
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 16 July 2019 08:32

Asus ROG Phone II pictured


Snapdragon 855 Plus phone comes July 23

The Snapdragon 855 Plus phone era is starting on the July 27th with the launch of the Asus ROG Phone II.

Asus announces ROG Phone II
Published in Gaming
Monday, 15 July 2019 16:33

Asus announces ROG Phone II


Snapdragon 855 Plus based

Qualcomm just announced the Snapdragon 855 Plus that features 15 percent faster GPU, and Asus just announced its first ROG Phone II.