IANS | 24 Apr, 2024
Chip-maker Qualcomm on Wednesday expanded its Snapdragon X Series
portfolio with a new platform to deliver better performance, longer
battery life and on-device AI capabilities for more Windows PCs.
Original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are expected to launch PCs powered by
Snapdragon X Plus alongside devices powered by Snapdragon X Elite,
starting mid-2024.
Snapdragon X Plus features ‘Qualcomm Oryon
CPU’, a custom-integrated processor that delivers up to 37 per cent
faster performance compared to competitors, while consuming up to 54 per
cent less power, the company said in a statement.
“Snapdragon X
Plus will power AI-Supercharged PCs that enable even more users to excel
as radical new AI experiences emerge in this period of rapid
development and deployment,” said Kedar Kondap, SVP and general manager
of compute and gaming, Qualcomm Technologies.
“By delivering
leading CPU performance, AI capabilities, and power efficiency, we are
once again pushing the boundaries of what is possible in mobile
computing,” Kondap added.
The chip is designed to meet the demands
of on-device AI-driven applications, powered by the Qualcomm Hexagon
NPU capable of 45 TOPS (tera operations per second), making it the
world’s fastest NPU for laptops, said the company.
