Nothing can really beat Apple

The Fruity Cargo Cult-owned press has started rumours claiming that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, expected to be announced in October, will have “spoiler” specifications and the final products will not be as good as Jobs’ Mob.

Tightens restrictions

Uncle Sam's not letting Huawei get its  mitts on any semiconductors from Qualcomm and Intel and is trying to put a spanner in the works for Huawei's phone and laptop chip supply.

Qualcomm results surprise Wall Street

Qualcomm has reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that exceeded the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street's expectations, accompanied by a robust forecast for the upcoming quarter.

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.

Could be officially unveiled on April 20

Some Lenovo laptops with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite X SoC have been spotted online, including the Yoga Slim 7 14 and Thinkpad T14s. According to Qualcomm, these could be unveiled at the Lenovo Tech World '24 keynote on April 20th.

Tech Titans Team Up

Qualcomm is set to join Canonical's "silicon partners," a coveted club that boasts big names like Intel, Nvidia, AMD, and Arm.

Should be close to Radeon 780M GPU in terms of performance

Qualcomm has recently made a bold promise that the new ARM-based platform will run most, if not all Windows games, and now we have a chance to check out Baldur's Gate 3 running at solid 30 FPS at 1080p resolution.

Now, all roads lead to Chrome 

In alliance with Qualcomm, Google claims to have turbocharged the browsing experience for Windows on ARM users. The tech behemoth has rolled out an ARM-optimised iteration of its Chrome browser, promising a zippier and more seamless online experience.

Arm laptops to run Windows games 

Qualcomm has told the gathered crowds at the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC) that Windows games are expected to be compatible with its forthcoming Arm laptops. If this holds true, x86 emulation and gaming could operate flawlessly on these machines without porting.

First one to get Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC

Xiaomi announced the new Civi 4 Pro smartphone in China. The new Civi series phone comes with some rather unique features and it is actually the first smartphone based on Qualcomm's recently announced Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC.