Qualcomm announces Snapdragon C Platform for $300 and up laptops — Windows on Arm and NPUs for the budget tier
… Qualcomm says it will reveal more details during its Computex 2026 keynote. …
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… Where those chips use the Nuvia-derived Oryon cores Qualcomm acquired in 2021, Snapdragon C reuses Kryo cores from its phone lineup, the architecture Qualcomm built laptop silicon on before the Oryon transition. …
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… Article continues below He is widely regarded as a key figure in scaling Qualcomm’s mobile and compute platforms globally and is responsible for significant contributions to the industry, including the expansion of Snapdragon mobile platforms and Qualcomm’s push into PC and XR computing. …
We went hands-on with Qualcomm's new '$300 and up' ARM laptop platform with mystery eight-core CPU — active-cooled Snapdragon C laptop surfaces in Acer Aspire Go 15
… A Qualcomm representative was quite perplexed by this, saying that this is not the official name of the chip and that it is probably a placeholder identity string used by Acer's engineers for the Engineering Sample system EDIT : Qualcomm has now confirmed this is not the correct name for the proces… …
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… Qualcomm has revealed that the Snapdragon C devices will be priced at $300 and up. …
Qualcomm Roundtable Interview transcript — SVP of Compute and Gaming talks Snapdragon C, RTX Spark, and the agentic AI future
… We sat down with Qualcomm's SVP of compute and gaming, Kedar Kondap, and other Qualcomm representatives at Computex 2026 to hear how Snapdragon C fits into its existing product lineup, and how Qualcomm considers itself uniquely positioned to offer a comprehensive ecosystem of agentic AI devices and… …
Nvidia's RTX Spark could caplitalize where Qualcomm's Arm-based efforts have not — following the expiration of Qualcomm's Windows on Arm deal, Nvidia stands poised to pick up the slack
… Ultimately, Arm's share of Windows never reached the 50% within five years that Arm and Qualcomm had floated back in 2024. Two familiar problems Unlike Qualcomm, Nvidia isn’t selling battery life. …
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… Swipe to scroll horizontally Row 0 - Cell 0 Microsoft Surface Pro 13-inch 12th Edition Microsoft Surface Laptop 13.8-inch 8th Edition Microsoft Surface Laptop 15-inch 8th Edition CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus 10-core or Snapdragon X2 Elite 12-core Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus 10-core or Snapdragon… …