Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
Qualcomm has made it easier for developers to bring their applications to the Snapdragon X Elite platform thanks to the Snapdragon Dev Kit, which is available for a price of $899. We previously learned that the chipset in this box could run without thermal and power limitations, with a Cinebench 2024 benchmark revealing that the Snapdragon X Elite actually exceeded the 100W power threshold. Now, one developer who was a bit too curious about the Snapdragon Dev Kit’s internals decided to perform a teardown, and we have come across quite a few surprises. A large space of the Snapdragon Dev Kit […]
The Snapdragon X Elite marks the beginning of Qualcomm’s plans to expand upon its SoC family for Windows notebooks. The company was previously rumored to be working on the ‘SC8480XP,’ which is also referred to as ‘Project Glymur.’ However, according to an update, the San Diego firm is working on not one but two chips, with both of them apparently having complete support for DX12 features and hardware-accelerated ray tracing. Also, with the Snapdragon X Elite featuring 12 Oryon cores, one of the successors is said to be tested with a whopping 18 cores. ‘Project Glymur’ is rumored to be Qualcomm’s […]
Qualcomm officially unveiled the Snapdragon X Elite in October last year, materializing a worthy Apple Silicon competitor that would eventually power a slew of Windows-powered notebooks. Fast forward to September 2024, and Intel and AMD have introduced their offerings that duke it out with the latest silicon on a ‘performance per watt’ basis. It has been nearly a year since Qualcomm’s announcement, and there has been no die shot examining the various clusters of the SoC until now. The Snapdragon X Elite gets compared with the M4, showing that it is physically larger, with several other differences, as you will […]
The Snapdragon Dev Kit was introduced by Qualcomm for developers at a price of $899, and it featured the company’s top-end silicon for Windows-powered machines, the Snapdragon X Elite. Given that the chipset takes advantage of processing cores based on ARM’s instruction sets and not the x86 architecture, power-efficiency would be its forte. Unfortunately, the Snapdragon X Elite displays extreme power-guzzling attributes when running inside the kit, as one developer points out when running a couple of tests, including Cinebench 2024. Since Cinebench 2024 hammers the CPU, it was obvious that the Snapdragon X Elite would reach a higher power […]
Qualcomm had previously initiated its marketing campaign for the Snapdragon X Elite, claiming that the latest chipset is up to 21 percent faster than Apple’s M3. Those claims turned out to be true in a real-world comparison, but Apple begs to differ, according to the updated marketing material, where it states that its 15-inch M3 MacBook Air is up to 40 percent faster than Copilot+ PCs sporting the Snapdragon X Elite. However, as we dig deeper, we get a closer look at which test the previous-generation Apple Silicon excels in. Surprisingly, Apple did not mention the M4, which is miles […]
Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon X Elite to finally usher in a lineup of portable computers that could be viewed as an alternative to Apple Silicon MacBooks by delivering incredible performance and touting unrivaled power efficiency. Unfortunately, Intel made darn sure to halt that progress by announcing its newest Core Ultra 200V lineup of processors. In the latest gaming performance comparison slide, it is shown that the Snapdragon X Elite’s Adreno 741 GPU not only consumes 86 percent more power compared to its latest rival’s offerings but even AMD’s HX 370 is proven to be a better choice in this test. […]
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite Dev kits are now available featuring the top-tier chips and a retail price of $899 US. Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows boasts the fastest Snapdragon X Elite SOC for $899 Roughly two months ago, Qualcomm introduced a new Snapdragon Dev Kit, boasting the latest Snapdragon X Elite chipset for mini-PCs. The new mini-PC has been listed on Arrow for a price of $899. It is developed specially for next-gen AI application development on Windows for users who want a compact yet powerful solution using a Snapdragon processor. The launch follows the full unveiling of the first […]
Windows has always had an inherent problem that was prevalent even with the latest version and was not addressed by Microsoft. For those wondering, it is the slow and steady battery drain when a laptop runs on standby power. While the lack of software improvements can be blamed, the inefficiency of previous-generation chipsets was also a factor. Thankfully, Microsoft has managed to address both issues with the Surface Laptop 7, which runs Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon X Elite. One owner describes the notebook as having exceptional standby battery timing, as even with the lid closed, the device can run […]
The ASUS Vivobook S 15 was earlier previewed to be running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite, but there was little information surrounding its performance. Fortunately, one YouTuber has discovered that whether the Windows 11 notebook is plugged in or running on battery power, the single-core and multi-core results remain nearly unchanged, which is an impressive showing and highlights the noteworthy ‘performance per watt’ attributes of the ARM-based silicon. New Geekbench 6 benchmark comparison shows that there is only up to a 3 percent performance drop when the Snapdragon X Elite runs on battery power The performance comparison was ran by YouTube channel […]
The Snapdragon X Elite has started to get featured in a multitude of ‘thin and light’ Windows 11 notebooks, but despite Qualcomm showing that its latest and greatest silicon can outmatch the M3, it still gets beaten by Apple’s A17 Pro, a 3nm SoC that is in a completely different weight class. In the GravityMark GPU test, the silicon present in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max makes its past its competitor by the skin of its teeth. The Snapdragon X Elite is still incredibly fast, beating the older Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 by a 3x multiple Even […]
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Qualcomm has made it easier for developers to bring their applications to the Snapdragon X Elite platform thanks to the Snapdragon Dev Kit, which is available for a price of $899. We previously learned that the chipset in this box could run without thermal and power limitations, with a Cinebench 2024 benchmark revealing that the Snapdragon X Elite actually exceeded the 100W power threshold. Now, one developer who was a bit too curious about the Snapdragon Dev Kit’s internals decided to perform a teardown, and we have come across quite a few surprises. A large space of the Snapdragon Dev Kit […]
The Snapdragon X Elite marks the beginning of Qualcomm’s plans to expand upon its SoC family for Windows notebooks. The company was previously rumored to be working on the ‘SC8480XP,’ which is also referred to as ‘Project Glymur.’ However, according to an update, the San Diego firm is working on not one but two chips, with both of them apparently having complete support for DX12 features and hardware-accelerated ray tracing. Also, with the Snapdragon X Elite featuring 12 Oryon cores, one of the successors is said to be tested with a whopping 18 cores. ‘Project Glymur’ is rumored to be Qualcomm’s […]
Qualcomm officially unveiled the Snapdragon X Elite in October last year, materializing a worthy Apple Silicon competitor that would eventually power a slew of Windows-powered notebooks. Fast forward to September 2024, and Intel and AMD have introduced their offerings that duke it out with the latest silicon on a ‘performance per watt’ basis. It has been nearly a year since Qualcomm’s announcement, and there has been no die shot examining the various clusters of the SoC until now. The Snapdragon X Elite gets compared with the M4, showing that it is physically larger, with several other differences, as you will […]
The Snapdragon Dev Kit was introduced by Qualcomm for developers at a price of $899, and it featured the company’s top-end silicon for Windows-powered machines, the Snapdragon X Elite. Given that the chipset takes advantage of processing cores based on ARM’s instruction sets and not the x86 architecture, power-efficiency would be its forte. Unfortunately, the Snapdragon X Elite displays extreme power-guzzling attributes when running inside the kit, as one developer points out when running a couple of tests, including Cinebench 2024. Since Cinebench 2024 hammers the CPU, it was obvious that the Snapdragon X Elite would reach a higher power […]
Qualcomm had previously initiated its marketing campaign for the Snapdragon X Elite, claiming that the latest chipset is up to 21 percent faster than Apple’s M3. Those claims turned out to be true in a real-world comparison, but Apple begs to differ, according to the updated marketing material, where it states that its 15-inch M3 MacBook Air is up to 40 percent faster than Copilot+ PCs sporting the Snapdragon X Elite. However, as we dig deeper, we get a closer look at which test the previous-generation Apple Silicon excels in. Surprisingly, Apple did not mention the M4, which is miles […]
Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon X Elite to finally usher in a lineup of portable computers that could be viewed as an alternative to Apple Silicon MacBooks by delivering incredible performance and touting unrivaled power efficiency. Unfortunately, Intel made darn sure to halt that progress by announcing its newest Core Ultra 200V lineup of processors. In the latest gaming performance comparison slide, it is shown that the Snapdragon X Elite’s Adreno 741 GPU not only consumes 86 percent more power compared to its latest rival’s offerings but even AMD’s HX 370 is proven to be a better choice in this test. […]
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite Dev kits are now available featuring the top-tier chips and a retail price of $899 US. Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows boasts the fastest Snapdragon X Elite SOC for $899 Roughly two months ago, Qualcomm introduced a new Snapdragon Dev Kit, boasting the latest Snapdragon X Elite chipset for mini-PCs. The new mini-PC has been listed on Arrow for a price of $899. It is developed specially for next-gen AI application development on Windows for users who want a compact yet powerful solution using a Snapdragon processor. The launch follows the full unveiling of the first […]
Windows has always had an inherent problem that was prevalent even with the latest version and was not addressed by Microsoft. For those wondering, it is the slow and steady battery drain when a laptop runs on standby power. While the lack of software improvements can be blamed, the inefficiency of previous-generation chipsets was also a factor. Thankfully, Microsoft has managed to address both issues with the Surface Laptop 7, which runs Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon X Elite. One owner describes the notebook as having exceptional standby battery timing, as even with the lid closed, the device can run […]
The ASUS Vivobook S 15 was earlier previewed to be running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite, but there was little information surrounding its performance. Fortunately, one YouTuber has discovered that whether the Windows 11 notebook is plugged in or running on battery power, the single-core and multi-core results remain nearly unchanged, which is an impressive showing and highlights the noteworthy ‘performance per watt’ attributes of the ARM-based silicon. New Geekbench 6 benchmark comparison shows that there is only up to a 3 percent performance drop when the Snapdragon X Elite runs on battery power The performance comparison was ran by YouTube channel […]
The Snapdragon X Elite has started to get featured in a multitude of ‘thin and light’ Windows 11 notebooks, but despite Qualcomm showing that its latest and greatest silicon can outmatch the M3, it still gets beaten by Apple’s A17 Pro, a 3nm SoC that is in a completely different weight class. In the GravityMark GPU test, the silicon present in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max makes its past its competitor by the skin of its teeth. The Snapdragon X Elite is still incredibly fast, beating the older Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 by a 3x multiple Even […]