Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. LAHAINA, MAUI—At Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm’s annual technology and silicon showcase, the chip maker unveiled a ...

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon X2 Plus at CES 2026, delivering next-gen performance to midrange laptops. The main model features a 10-core Oryon CPU, updated Adreno GPU, and LPDDR5x memory. The chip ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Founder and Principal Analyst, Cambrian-AI Research LLC Snapdragon sponsored my trip to Maui to see the new hardware being ...

TL;DR: Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme processors, built on TSMC's 3nm process with advanced 3rd Gen Oryon CPUs, Adreno GPUs, and Hexagon NPUs delivering up to 78% ...

TL;DR: Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is the fastest mobile processor, featuring third-gen Oryon CPU cores, an upgraded Adreno 840 GPU with 23% better gaming performance, and a Hexagon NPU with ...

Alphawave Semi’s High-Speed Wired Connectivity Complements Qualcomm’s Next Generation Qualcomm Oryon CPU and Qualcomm Hexagon NPU Processors The combination of Qualcomm and Alphawave Semi creates a ...

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 Elite chips feature a 75% faster CPU than Windows competitors. The top-end Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme is the first ARM-compatible CPU to reach 5.0GHz on its Prime core.

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Plus processor has the same goal as its predecessor: to provide a slightly stripped-down, leaner alternative processor for midrange Windows on Arm laptops. But there’s a ...

Building on the company’s leadership in Neural Processing Unit (NPU) technology, these solutions offer rack-scale performance and superior memory capacity for fast generative AI inference, delivering ...

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.