Highlights:
- Outstanding performance, a long battery life, and industry-leading on-device AI capabilities are all expected from this platform.
- The Snapdragon X Plus brings unparalleled speed, efficiency, and on-device AI capabilities to even more Windows PCs with its cutting-edge 10-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU and 45 TOPS NPU, the fastest NPU for laptops in the world.
- Beginning in mid-2024, top worldwide OEMs are anticipated to release computers powered by the Snapdragon X Plus and Snapdragon X Elite.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. added the Snapdragon X Plus to its lineup of cutting-edge X Series platforms.
The Snapdragon X Plus is equipped with the cutting-edge Qualcomm Oryon CPU, a specially designed integrated processor that can operate 37% faster than rival devices’ CPUs while using up to 54% less power. Users can now execute more tasks with better efficiency because of this amazing breakthrough in CPU performance, which sets a new standard in mobile computing. With its Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, which can achieve 45 TOPS, the fastest NPU for laptops in the world, the Snapdragon X Plus is engineered to fulfill the needs of AI-powered on-device apps. This platform is going to completely change the PC market and represent a huge revolution in computing.
The PC market is poised for a revolution because of the groundbreaking experiences offered by the Snapdragon X Series platforms. In this era of fast research and deployment, the Snapdragon X Plus will power AI-supercharged PCs that allow even more people to succeed as radical new AI experiences emerge, according to Kedar Kondap, senior vice president and general manager of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.’s computing and gaming division. “We are once again pushing the envelope of what is possible in mobile computing with our cutting-edge CPU performance, AI capabilities, and power efficiency.
Qualcomm Technologies showcased new AI-optimized features and applications for the 45 TOPS NPU during the Snapdragon X Plus launch.
Visual Studio’s code creation Codegen can help programmers by using on-device generative AI to produce new code rapidly.
Using Riffusion on-device AI, Audacity’s music creation feature creates new music based on prompts or previously recorded tracks.
Using Whisper on-device, live captions in OBS Studio can automatically translate 100 spoken languages into live captions in 100 languages in real-time during livestreams.
Starting in mid-2024, OEMs should release PCs with Snapdragon X Plus technology alongside Snapdragon X Elite devices.
