On the heel of its Snapdragon 855 SoC announcement, Qualcomm announced the new Snapdragon 8xc SoC designed for Windows laptops. Qualcomm and Microsoft first
On the heel of its Snapdragon 855 SoC announcement, Qualcomm announced the new Snapdragon 8xc SoC designed for Windows laptops.
Qualcomm and Microsoft first demonstrated Windows being emulated on an ARM processor back in 2017. The companies said that the key goal is to drastically enhance battery life in devices designed for surface level workers.
In addition, its integrated LTE modem enables an always-on environment, an important feature for users who do remote work.
Efficiency mattered, but the Snapdragon 850 had subpar performance in many Windows apps meant it was a ways away from being adopted for mainstream use. Such was expected as the x86 instructions needed to be translated into RISC instructions before the ARM processors could handle them.
The new SoC is part of the Qualcomm Snapdragon family populated mostly by its SoCs designed by mobile.
