Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8cx Processor for Windows Laptops

While Intel, NVIDIA and AMD dominate the processor market for laptops, Qualcomm is once again trying to compete with this market after controlling the handset market, but whenever it finds it difficult to do so, it is difficult to find a market. to enter the computer market, he wants this time to break the old habit with the Snapdragon 8cx For Windows devices.

With the new Snapdragon 8cx processor, the company is working to lay the foundations for the notebook market: the chip is not specifically designed for high-end devices, but rather for medium-sized devices called mutant 2-1 , which have grown considerably in recent years.

Qualcomm provided earlier processors, but its use was limited to Chrome system devices, with the exception of Lenovo's Samsung Galaxy Book 2 and C630 WOS running Windows.

The company has been striving to convince device manufacturers to use processors on Windows devices, especially since the Microsoft system needs high capacity to deliver good performance. So he was able to convince them to use Chrome processors often. This is only with the new processor that is trying to change it.

The company announced that its processor would be on the market in the second half of 2019 and include the Adreno 680 Extreme graphics processor, offering the performance of the previous Snappadragon 850 processor.

Speaking of processor technology, it's the first 7-nanometer processor we've seen in its Snappadragone 855 phone processor. It will run at 7 watts while still delivering the same efficiency as other 15-megapixel processors. watts.

This means that businesses have the ability to use the processor, especially since most 2-1 devices on the market work with 15W processors, but the addition of other distinguishing features is the ability to take supports CPU LPDDR4x RAM up to 16GB after previous processors support up to 4GB.

In addition, the processor will support the fast charge technology of laptops and save the battery for a long day, as did the former processor 850 Galaxy Book 2, for example.