Qualcomm announced two new PC chipsets today, the Snapdragon 7c and the Snapdragon 8c. Let's see how it compares to the PC chipsets that the company already has on the market today.
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Current Windows on ARM PCs can only run native ARM64 apps and emulated 32-bit Intel apps, but that's all going to change. Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit emulation to the platform.
Huawei's MateBook E is exclusive to China, but it's one of only three Snapdragon 850 PCs that exists. Unfortunately for people outside of China, it's objectively the best one on the market.
While it was already rumored that Microsoft's next HoloLens will be powered by an ARM processor, it turns out that the chipset will be a Snapdragon 850, meaning that it will be an Always Connected PC.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx was announced today to sit at the high end, but more Snapdragon 850 devices are on the way. The good news is that they'll be available at a lower price point.
After it was reported last week that devices are shipping with unsupported software, Microsoft updates its Windows 10 processor requirements today so that version 1803 supports the Snapdragon 850.
Samsung today announced its first Windows 10 on ARM PC today, the Galaxy Book 2. The device is powered by a Snapdragon 850 chipset, and it also includes a 12-inch Super AMOLED display.
While the Windows 10 October 2018 Update has been pulled from Windows Update, Microsoft has finally updated its Windows processor requirements for the new version of the operating system.
After Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 850 chipset last spring in June, Lenovo today at IFA announced the first Windows 10 PC to be powered by the new system on a chip, the Yoga C630.
Qualcomm's upcoming chipset aimed at Windows 10 on ARM has been spotted in early benchmarks, showcasing significant improvements in single-core performance over the Snapdragon 835 in current devices.
Today at Computex, Qualcomm announced its next-generation Mobile Compute Platform for Windows 10 Always Connected PCs, the Snapdragon 850, which is based on the Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform.
