Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 smartphone processor. The chip has the expected CPU, GPU, and AI gains, but it’s also the first mobile chip to support the APV codec for ...

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In case you missed our other coverage from Snapdragon Summit 2024, new second-generation Snapdragon X2 Elite chips for Windows on Arm laptops, as well as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5—Qualcomm's ...

In case you've been out of the know for a bit in tech, Qualcomm just announced a family of new mobile processors last week at its Snapdragon Summit event, including its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile ...

Qualcomm has announced its next generation of PC processors: the Snapdragon X2. It might not sound very exciting, but these chips continue to bring Windows laptops up to par with Apple Silicon–powered ...

Alongside the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 headed to your next Android phone, Qualcomm has also unveiled the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite SoCs for Windows PCs, and it sounds like like the ...

As promised, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC as its flagship chip at the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii. It's a successor to last year's Snapdragon 8 Elite and is touted as the ...

Qualcomm has unveiled its new Snapdragon X Series chips for laptops, in addition to its new system-on-a-chip for flagship phones. The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip meant for "ultra-premium" Windows ...

Qualcomm is finally ready to start competing with Apple's M-series of chips, nearly five years after the M1 made its debut in 2020. While the Snapdragon X series has been fairly successful in terms of ...

Qualcomm claims they’re the fastest and most efficient chips for Windows ever. Qualcomm claims they’re the fastest and most efficient chips for Windows ever. is a senior editor and founding member of ...

Qualcomm’s nascent push into PCs now has the sequel chip that will set the tone for what to expect from Windows-based machines going into 2026. This year, Qualcomm doesn’t have just one flagship CPU; ...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite is once again threatening to upend the PC CPU market. About two years ago, Qualcomm debuted the Snapdragon X1 Elite, an Arm chip that replaced the company’s mediocre ...