ARM-powered Windows devices aren’t a new idea at all – and Qualcomm is set to partner with Windows laptop manufacturers to bring even more high-powered and efficient Windows laptops that are powered by their own Snapdragon chips.
The Snapdragon for laptops is made specifically for this purpose, and it has the codename of 8cx. There are a few different variants under this family, like the Snapdragon 8cx 5G, and also the 8cx Gen 2 5G.
The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2, according to Qualcomm’s benchmark, has huge performance boost over the 10th Gen Intel Core i5 but at less than half the operating wattage.
Qualcomm is also positioning the Snapdragon 8cx family of chipsets as the premium level of devices, whereby there’s also the Snapdragon 8c for mainstream and the Snapdragon 7c for entry-level devices.
Qualcomm also said that these laptops with Snapdragon chips are made to be always on and always connected with their superior multi-day battery life.
Currently, there is already a multitude of laptops that are running on Snapdragon chipsets, ranging from the Snapdragon 7c all the way up to the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G.
And since Qualcomm has immense experience in making chipsets for smartphones, many of the same technologies can be found in these Snapdragon 8cx chipsets too. For example, the camera ISP and audio DSP can be used for laptops now. Even its AI algorithms can be run efficiently and faster than ever, thanks to the Snapdragon chip.
Personally, I’m wondering how Microsoft will support this new branch of chipsets because it’s a completely different platform. The kernel and OS will pretty much need to be reworked, and many applications won’t work as intended too since the instruction set is different. Perhaps Microsoft will develop some sort of translator to support existing x86 apps – but we’ll see.
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