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Qualcomm Darts Into the Data Center Business With Dragonfly
CEO Cristiano Amon says the company is moving to become a 'full-stack player,' which includes partnerships with Microsoft, Meta, and AI-software firm Hugging Face.
How to Watch Qualcomm's Computex 2026 Keynote
CEO Cristiano Amon is speaking on June 1 at 2 p.m. Taipei time. With Nvidia potentially debuting its N1 platform, Qualcomm may have stiff competition for its own Arm efforts.
New Qualcomm Snapdragon C Chips Target Quality, Super-Affordable Laptops
The chipmaker's latest laptop-centric Arm processors, designed for models $300 and up, launch at Computex. They leverage the company's strengths in phone processors.
Google Confirms Googlebooks Won't Be Limited to Intel Chips
Google VP John Maletis says Google is working with Intel, Qualcomm, and MediaTek.
Qualcomm's Next Midrange Snapdragon Chip Brings Flagship-Like Super Zoom to Cheaper Phones
The Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 and its counterpart, the Snapdragon 4 Gen 5, boast a ton of premium features typically reserved for pricier handhelds.
I Tested Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme: This 18-Core Power CPU Hits Hard Against AMD, Apple, Intel
Inside Asus’ featherweight Zenbook A16, Qualcomm's new flagship laptop chip flexes massive multi-core muscle, upgraded graphics, and real momentum against the competition. The benchmarks speak for themselves.
The Race to 6G Has Started, Even If the Case for It Hasn’t
Despite a projected 2029 launch, the hype cycle is ramping up. With major technical hurdles and unclear benefits over 5G, do you need to worry about upgrading right now? We break it all down.
Buying a Business PC in 2026? 6 Trends That Will Impact Your Choices
It’s not a revolutionary year, but steady gains in chips, displays, and AI features are reshaping the computing market. Here's what’s worth paying for and what you can skip.
Qualcomm’s Newest 5G Modem Is Built to Power Agentic AI Features
If you buy a new Android smartphone over the next year, the Qualcomm X105 5G may be the modem that keeps it connected.
What's Windows 11 26H1? New OS Update Will Only Launch on Certain New PCs
Microsoft promises better performance, but you'll need a PC with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2.
Early Benchmarks: Snapdragon X2 Elite Dominates Productivity, Slips in Gaming
Asus let YouTube channel Hardware Canucks perform a number of tests on its next-generation Zenbook featuring the Snapdragon X2 Elite.
Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon X2 Plus Chips for Mainstream Laptops: Here Are the First Test Numbers
At CES 2026, the big maker of mobile chips teased details—and some benchmarks—for its new mainstream Snapdragon processor family for laptops, the Snapdragon X2 Plus. Here's how it shapes up versus a field of machines we tested in our own labs.
Valve Has Quietly Backed Projects to Bring Windows Games to Arm
The idea is that, in the future, you could play Steam games on your phone, tablet, a laptop running an Arm processor, a range of VR headsets, or anything else using Arm hardware.
Qualcomm Claims Elite X2 Graphics Are 50% Faster Than Intel Core Ultra 2
The next-generation Snapdragon chip could be a powerhouse for gaming and long-life laptops.
Qualcomm Buys Arduino, Will Bring AI Tools to Your DIY Tech Projects
The Arduino brand will remain for future products as it becomes part of the Qualcomm business. Plus, there's a brand-new Arduino Uno Q single-board computer.
First Tests: Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Shows Some Serious Speed
Lofty clocks, lots of cores, AI horsepower to spare, and a rebuilt GPU: The new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip looks like a pace-setter in the laptop-CPU race. Here's how it shapes up in early tests against rival AMD, Apple, and Intel silicon.
Inside the Snapdragon X2 Elite: 20 Questions for Qualcomm’s Computing Chief
At Snapdragon Summit, we sat down with Qualcomm’s head of compute to unpack the company’s most ambitious PC processors yet.
Qualcomm’s CEO Touts a Future Where AI (and Cameras) Are Everywhere
At the annual Snapdragon Summit, Cristiano Amon predicts agentic AIs acting through our phones, glasses, and cars to create an ‘ecosystem of you.’
Thin for the Win: Qualcomm Shows Wafer-Slim, Fanless Desktop PCs Powered by New Snapdragon X2 Chips
At Snapdragon Summit 2025, the chipmaker showed off two ultra-thin reference desktops (one shaped like a saucer!), driven by Snapdragon X2 Elite silicon and cooled with Frore Systems' futuristic, silent AirJet tech.
TOPS of the Heap: Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme CPU With 18 Cores, Massive NPU
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.
