Qualcomm Windows gaming on ARM is becoming a legitimate possibility, and it’s not just thanks to the recently unveiled emulation options, but it’s chiefly due to the fact that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite is shaping up to be pretty excellent. Spotted in a recent benchmark, the CPU was seen beating some of the best processors …
Benchmark scores for Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon X Elite chip have emerged online, lending credence to the company’s boasts about its power. Spotted by Twitter/X users @techinamul, a Lenovo device sporting the Snapdragon X Elite was benchmarked using Geekbench 6, with the scores showing up in Geekbench’s online database. MobileSyrup was able to track down the Geekbench score …
Qualcomm Qualcomm shared an exciting teaser during the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC), hinting that the PC gaming market might not be so limited to x86 architecture going forward. The company spoke during a session titled “Windows on Snapdragon, a Platform Ready for Your PC Games,” and it claimed that Windows games will simply work …
If you’re not interested in a midrange smartphone but don’t want to pay flagship prices either, Qualcomm has a possible solution. The company just unveiled the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor that offers flagship features, but performance just below the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. It’s built using a 4-nanometer (nm) process with a 1+4+3 core …
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reclaimed a spot in the list of the world’s 10 most valuable companies, riding the optimism of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom in the tech industry that pushed its stock to record levels.According to a report by Bloomberg, TSMC’s stock rallied 14% last week, elevating the chipmaker’s market capitalisation …
Ryan McLeod / Android Authority TL;DR A veteran leaker has claimed that an upcoming Snapdragon 7 series chip will get a major upgrade. The leaker asserts that this chipset will adopt the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3’s “architecture.” This suggests that some mid-range phones will get a major horsepower boost later this year. The Snapdragon 7 …
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority The close of another year brings us closer to the next-gen leap in smartphone processing capabilities, accelerating the latest and greatest phones to another level. The next few months are shaping up to be one of the more exciting periods in mobile chip design for a few years. We already …
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Qualcomm has reportedly decided against a dual-sourcing strategy for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. It was initially believed that both TSMC and Samsung would manufacture the mobile chipset. TSMC will apparently be the sole manufacturer of the processor. Qualcomm just launched the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, expected to …
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 specifications Make and model: Qualcomm mentions the Snapdragn 7 Gen 3 (with model number SM7550-AB) is based on a 4nm processing node, but doesn’t specify if it is manufactured on TSMC or Samsung Foundry. CPU: Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has a 1+3+4 design consisting of a prime core clocked at 2.6GHz …
The future of Android smartphones, at least in the Western Hemisphere, might be in danger. Just last year, the iOS market share overtook the Android market in the United States, and it has steadily been growing since then. In Canada, Apple has been in the lead for most of the last decade. According to a …