Qualcomm says its next chip designed for laptops and 2-in-1 computers is designed for long battery life, speedy performance, and always-connected capabilities. According to Qualcomm, its new chip can power fanless PCs with more than 25 hours of battery life, while offering “up to 50% greater total system performance than the competition” according to the […]
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Acer’s new Spin 7 is a Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 convertible laptop with 5G
The new Acer Spin 7 (SP71) laptop is a thin and light convertible notebook with a 14 inch touchscreen display, a 360-hinge, and pen support. The Windows laptop also one of the first PCs to be powered by a Qulcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G processor. Among other things, that means you can expect long […]
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Lenovo Flex 5G laptop coming this spring for $1500 and up
Lenovo plans to be the first company to market with a Windows 10 notebook sporting integrated 5G LTE support. The Lenovo Flex 5G is a thin and light convertible laptop with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 5G processor featuring support for sub-6GHz 5G networks. It’s expected to go on sale in North America this spring for $1500 […]
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Samsung Galaxy Book S laptop with Snapdragon 8cx coming in September for $999
As expected, Samsung is launching a new Windows on ARM notebook with a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a thin and light design, and a promise of all-day battery life. It also features always-connected capabilities thanks to integrated support for connecting to cellular networks. The Samsung Galaxy Book S with a Snapdragon 8cx processor will be available starting in […]
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Lenovo’s Project Limitless is a 5G laptop with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
Always-connected PCs with support for cellular data have been a thing for a while… and so have Windows computers with Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. But Lenovo and Qualcomm’s new “Project Limitless” is the first portable computer with 5G connectivity baked in. It’s also the first with a Snapdragon 8cx 5G, Qualcomm’s most powerful mobile chip to […]
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Qualcomm paves the way for 5G PCs with Snapdragon 8cx 5G processor
There are already a handful of Windows PCs powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon chips, and a key selling point for those systems is their always-connected capabilities, thanks to the integrated 4G LTE modem. This year you may be able to buy Windows on ARM computer that can connect to 5G networks. Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8cx 5G […]
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Qualcomm unveils 7nm Snapdragon 8cx chip for Windows PCs
The first Windows 10 PCs to ship with ARM processors featured Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor. It was one of the fastest smartphone chips when it hit the streets in 2017, but it was still pretty pokey by Windows PC standards. The second crop of Windows on ARM PCs are just starting to hit the streets, […]