Qualcomm may announce new Snapdragon X collection chipsets subsequent month, in accordance with a report. The chipmaker launched its Snapdragon X collection processors in April, and at present, it’s the solely chipset out there for client laptops that meets the specs required for Copilot+ PCs. It is because the devoted Hexagon neural processing unit (NPU) within the chipset is alleged to able to 45 trillion operations per second (TOPS), and Microsoft qualifies laptops with a minimum of 40 TOPS as Copilot+ PC. It’s not recognized whether or not the brand new X collection chips will beat the NPU efficiency of the corporate’s current processors.
New Snapdragon X Sequence Chipsets Might Debut Subsequent Month
At its Snapdragon India occasion held earlier this week, Qualcomm showcased the capabilities of its X collection chipsets and launched the 5G-enabled Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 cell platform. Throughout the occasion, Kedar Kondap, Senior Vice President and Common Supervisor, Compute and Gaming, Qualcomm hinted that extra X collection chipsets is perhaps introduced in September.
Based on a report by FoneArena, Kondap is perhaps alluding to the upcoming Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) 2024 occasion in Berlin, which is a client electronics commerce present. The chipmaker may reportedly introduce new variants of the Snapdragon X Plus and X Elite chips. The publication claims that whereas new chip fashions are unlikely, new stock-keeping items (SKUs) of current processors may very well be unveiled.
There are three current SKUs for the Snapdragon X Elite — X1E-78-100, X1E-80-100, and X1E-84-100. Every chip has minor efficiency and effectivity variations, whereas the price of every chip additionally varies. As per the hypothesis, extra SKUs within the Elite and Plus tier may be launched on the Berlin occasion.
Aside from this, the corporate can also be anticipated to announce the brand new Snapdragon eight Gen four cell platform in its annual occasion in October. Qualcomm has revealed that the chipset will use its in-house Oryon CPU and can characteristic a devoted NPU. An earlier report claimed that the chipset may characteristic a major enchancment within the Adreno 750 GPU’s energy effectivity, however might solely get a single-digit CPU efficiency enhance.
