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When buying a new Windows laptop, one of your first decisions will be which processor you’d prefer.  You might think of this as a straight fight between Intel and AMD, but there’s a third main option that’s worth considering.  Qualcomm, a company known for its smartphone chips, has been making laptop equivalents since 2019. These ARM-based chipsets include both CPU and GPU components, and have already been included in devices from the likes of Microsoft, Samsung and Lenovo.  A fourth version of the flagship…

The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 processor is yet to launch, but its specifications have popped up on the internet. This coming processor from Qualcomm will find its way to several laptops once it launches. From the available specifications, it is clear that Qualcomm means business with this coming processor.Over a year ago, Qualcomm acquired Nuvia, a startup run by ex-Apple CPU designers. This acquisition aims at growing the performance of the Snapdragon processors. Qualcomm’s coming laptop processor will get some performance…

At the end of 2021 Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3, the first 5nm chipset for Windows on ARM devices. It used ARM-designed cores, so its performance is not too different from its siblings that are used for Android. But soon Qualcomm’s acquisition of Nuvia will pay off with the 8cx Gen 4. As previous rumors reported, the company is working on a 12 core chip. According to Kuba Wojciechowski, these will be divided into 8 performance (~3.4GHz) and 4 efficiency (~2.5GHz) cores. They are based on Nuvia’s Phoenix…

Samsung Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360 with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 processor was unveiled by the South Korean tech giant on December 28. The new Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360 comes with major performance improvements with the new Gen 3 processor, an upgrade from previously launched laptop with 12th Gen Intel processor. The company first unveiled the Intel-powered Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 back in February. The new model was recently announced in South Korea and will be released on January 16.In an official release, Samsung has announced the…

Samsung unveiled the Intel-powered Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 back in February but now has a new version almost ready to go – one that will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 chipset. The new model was announced in South Korea and will be released on January 16 with a price of KRW 1.89 million. The 8cx Gen 3 was the first 5nm chipset for Windows-on-ARM devices and brought major performance improvements when it launched late last year. Compared to the Gen 2 it offers +85% multi-core CPU performance, +60% GPU…

Qualcomm on Thursday expanded its portfolio of silicon powering Always On, Always Connected PCs by introducing the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 and Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 compute platforms, at its Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021. The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 is specifically designed for premium, ultra-slim fanless laptops that require both performance and battery efficiency. The Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 on the other hand is aimed at entry-level Windows laptops and Chromebooks. In addition to the new Snapdragon chips for notebooks, Qualcomm…

Xiaomi Book S (12.4-inch) has been unveiled by the company. The tablet is powered by the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 chipset and runs on Windows 11. The Books S comes with a 12.4-inch LCD display and a peak brightness of 500 nits. The tablet from Xiaomi features 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB storage. The company claims a battery capacity of 13.4 hours of regular usage for the Book S. The tablet will also come with a 65W charger for speed charging.Xiaomi Book S priceThe Xiaomi Book S (12.4-inch) has been priced at EUR 700 (roughly…

Many years ago Xiaomi unveiled a tablet that could optionally run Windows. However, it was only today that the company unveiled its first Windows-powered 2-in-1 convertible. It is a 12.4” tablet with an optional keyboard that can turn it into an ultra portable laptop. The XiaomiBook S 12.4” is powered by the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2, a 7nm chipset from the Snapdragon 865 generation. At the time Qualcomm compared this by saying at at 7W TDP it is faster than a 15W Intel Core i5 10th gen. Anyway, this slate runs Windows…