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Arm cancels Qualcomm's license to use its chip design standards
Arm has given Qualcomm 60 days to use its chip design standards, which could cause a huge disruption to the latter's business.
Mariella Moon10.23.2024
Qualcomm and Google team up to help carmakers create AI voice systems
The two tech companies are working on a new system that will let carmakers create their own voice-powered AI assistants.
Danny Gallagher10.22.2024
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite is its next premium mobile chip
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite is its next mobile powerhouse chip headed to premium smartphones.
Devindra Hardawar10.21.2024
Qualcomm axes its Windows on ARM PC dev kit
Qualcomm axes its Windows on ARM PC dev kit. The company said it did not meet its usual standard of excellence, so orders will be refunded.
Lawrence Bonk10.18.2024
Qualcomm is reportedly eyeing a takeover of Intel
Qualcomm has reportedly expressed an interest in taking over Intel “in recent days,” according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.
Karissa Bell09.20.2024
Acer expands Swift line with four new AI laptops
Acer's Swift line of laptops now has four new models with AI functionality.
Jeremy Gan09.04.2024
Cheaper Copilot+ PCs are coming with Qualcomm's 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chip
Qualcomm is moving to make AI PCs more affordable. Following the company’s 12-core Snapdragon X Elite and 10-core X Plus, it unveiled an eight-core version of the Snapdragon X Plus on Wednesday. The chip includes the same Hexagon neural processing unit (NPU) from the higher-end variants.
Will Shanklin09.04.2024
Dell brings Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Plus to Inspiron and Latitude laptops
Dell revealed details for new models in its Inspiron and Latitude laptop lines at IFA 2024. Both new machines will have Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Plus processors.
Anna Washenko09.04.2024
Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve 19 arrives for Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite PCs
Blackmagic Design just announced that its popular (and free) DaVinci Resolve 19 beta 3 app now supports Windows machines running the Snapdragon X Elite processor.
Steve Dent06.07.2024
Microsoft rebuilt Windows 11 around AI and Arm chips
Microsoft's Windows on Arm woes may finally be over.
Here are Dell’s five new Copilot+ PCs
Dell's first batch of Copilot+ PCs will include the Latitude 5455, Latitude 7455, Inspiron 14, Inspiron 14 Plus and the XPS 13 9345.
Sam Rutherford05.20.2024
US revokes Intel and Qualcomm's licenses for chip sales to Huawei
The US has stopped Intel and Qualcomm from selling and sending chips to Chinese-based Huawei Technologies.
Sarah Fielding05.08.2024
Qualcomm is expanding its next-gen laptop chip line with the Snapdragon X Plus
Ahead of the Snapdragon X Elite's arrival later this year, today Qualcomm announced a second laptop processor based on its Oryon CPU architecture.
Sam Rutherford04.24.2024
Google says its new version of Chrome for Windows laptops with Snapdragon chips is much faster
Google has a new version of Chrome for Windows laptops that run Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. The two companies say the Snapdragon version of Chrome shows “a dramatic performance improvement.”
Will Shanklin03.26.2024
Qualcomm says most Windows games will work on its latest Arm laptop chipset
At this week's Game Developers Conference, Qualcomm tried to assure devs that most Windows titles will "just work" on laptops with its Snapdragon X Elite chipset thanks to emulation.
Kris Holt03.22.2024
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip is a notch below its flagship processor
If you're not interested in a midrange smartphone but don't want to pay flagship prices either, Qualcomm has a possible solution.
Steve Dent03.18.2024
Watch Qualcomm's CES 2024 keynote on its highly anticipated AI chip
Qualcomm's keynote, which will detail more about what’s new for its anticipated AI-powered chip, will happen on January 10 at 5pm ET.
Malak Saleh01.09.2024
Qualcomm's improved Snapdragon XR2+ chip for VR headsets will debut at CES 2024
Qualcomm is bringing an upgraded Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip for augmented reality and mixed reality devices to CES 2024. The company promises higher CPU and GPU clock speeds, which should provide a performance uptick for spatial computing tasks.
Lawrence Bonk01.04.2024
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 mobile chipset with AI acceleration
Qualcomm just officially unveiled the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 series mobile chipset, with built-in AI, 5G integration and more. The CPU should start showing up in Honor and Vivo phones soon, with an announcement expected later this month.
Lawrence Bonk11.17.2023
Qualcomm's satellite texting plan is dead because phone makers aren't interested
Qualcomm's plan to let Android users send texts via satellite when cell service isn't available is dead for now.
Kris Holt11.10.2023