At the annual Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm revealed its most powerful PC SoC yet, the Snapdragon X2 Elite, promising not only raw gaming performance but also strong efficiency for Windows laptops.

The new flagship chip, based on the Oryon architecture and largely destined for AI-forward, pro-grade laptops, will feature an 80 TOPS NPU. Also incoming in 2026: two new X2 Elite premium processors.

Microsoft's earlier attempt, Windows RT, was even worse. Released alongside Windows 8, it was intended for Arm-based devices, and launched with the Microsoft Surface RT. However, it could only run applications from the Microsoft Store, and had no translation capabilities at all. Applications weren't usually built for Arm, so what was the point?

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"We also have a new Arm product that's called N1," said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the press conference for the newly announced Intel-Nvidia alliance. "That processor is going to go into the DGX Spark and many other versions of products like that. And so we're super excited about the Arm road map, and this doesn't affect any of that."

The C1-Ultra CPU core is up to 25% faster than the X925. The G1-Ultra GPU is up to 20% faster than the G925 in raster and up to 40% faster in ray tracing.

Software compatibility is no longer a problem for Windows on Arm devices, Microsoft assures us – but games, on the other

May 29, 2024 Arm has revealed a new, more efficient set of processor core designs intended for the chips that power smartphones and similar devices. This year's release is more tightly optimized for Android than ever, with new Android software libraries that accelerate AI tasks running on Arm CPUs.

The rise of ARM processors continues at full speed. This progress has been fueled by the growing popularity of smartphones, as well as the development and increasing demands of operating systems and applications. For the last few years Apple’s M1 series ...

ASIC solutions-provider ChipX Inc. licensed processor IP cores from ARM for use in its embedded arrays and standard-cell ASICs. ASIC solutions-provider ChipX Inc. licensed processor IP cores from ARM for use in its embedded arrays and standard-cell ASICs.