Qualcomm is in the midst of a major push into the Windows ecosystem with its Arm-based Snapdragon X Elite and Plus silicon, which power the initial batch of Microsoft’s Copilot+ branded laptops. Expanding on that effort, Qualcomm is rolling out two new 8-core variants of the Snapdragon X Plus, which should help usher in more affordable options
This is shaping up to be a big week for Microsoft’s Copilot+ initiative. Yesterday, we covered Intel’s official Core Ultra Series 2 launch (otherwise known as Lunar Lake), which will bring the Copilot+ branding to the x86 side of the pond in November. Now a day later, Qualcomm announced it is expanding its Snapragon X Plus silicon with cheaper
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The Snapdragon X Plus 8-Core has slower multi-threaded performance, a lower-end GPU, and lesser camera support, but it should bring down prices for Snapdragon laptops.