The ARM race has begun! With Apple’s third-generation ARM-based Apple M3 silicon just around the corner, Qualcomm has announced its competing solution, the Snapdragon X Elite for Windows laptops. The SoC promises excellent performance, extreme efficiency and will arrive on the PC market by mid-2024.
It has now been confirmed that some of the larger Windows PC makers will develop devices with the new chip. The list includes HP, Lenovo, Asus, Dell and Acer. Honor, Microsoft, Samsung and Xiaomi will also provide Snapdragon X Elite-based laptops to be announced next year.
Software compatibility is the big problem Qualcomm needs to solve now. That’s why the company revealed its software partners, who work on ARM-compatible versions of their software, including BlackMagic Design with Davinci Resolve. There will be an adapted version of Windows based on ARM just in time for the SoC’s actual launch in 2024.
Additionally, Davinci Resolve promises to be 1.7x faster than standard 12-core CPUs with integrated GPU, and up to 3x faster when running on the X Elite’s NPU.
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