Samsung officially announces Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+ smartphones
Thinner, lighter, and with Snapdragon 8 Elite and 12GB of RAM
At its Galaxy Unpacked January 2025 event, Samsung unveiled its full Galaxy S25 series lineup, including the Galaxy S25 and the Galaxy S25+ smartphones, which are now thinner, lighter, and will be getting the custom Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC in all markets.
Kottapalli flees Intel for Qualcomm
After 28 years working for Chipzilla
Sailesh Kottapalli, a 28-year Intel veteran and lead engineer on numerous Xeon server processors, has exited the company to join Qualcomm.
Qualcomm accelerates Snapdragon 8 Elite v2
Hints at early launch
The next-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite v2 system-on-chip (SoC) could debut earlier than expected, according to industry insider Digital Chat Station.
Qualcomm hints at Next-Generation Oryon CPU cores
Oryon 2 will skip PCs
Qualcomm has provided insights into the third generation of its Oryon CPU cores. It appears that Oryon 2 will skip PCs and be exclusively used in the Snapdragon 8 Elite chips.
Qualcomm predicts $22 Billion in annual revenue from new markets by 2029
Thinks it will get along with Donald Trump
Qualcomm anticipates expanding into new markets will generate an additional $22 billion annually by 2029.
Early Realme GT 7 Pro benchmark tests hint at overheating issues
Getting a little too hot
The Realme GT 7 Pro reportedly ran too warm during benchmark tests, and the word on the street is that it might be the first Snapdragon 8 Elite chips to blame.
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite
Claims it will clean rivals' clocks
Qualcomm has introduced its latest mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which it claims will set a new standard in smartphone performance.
Qualcomm pulls Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows
Borked
Qualcomm has unexpectedly pulled its Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows, a reference platform intended for developers to build applications for Windows on Arm.
Qualcomm shows what its Snapdragon X Series processors can do
Computex 2024: Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Samsung declare new age of PC
Qualcomm's President and CEO, Cristiano Amon (pictured), took to the stage at Computex with top figures from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Samsung to show the transformation happening in the PC world, thanks to the new Copilot+ PCs equipped with Snapdragon X Series processors.
Microsoft ready clean Mac’s out-of-date clock
New ARM Snapdragon X will make Macs look as dated as Stevenson’s rocket
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that while the fruity cargo cult Apple had done a splendid job on its latest Mac, it was going to be outdated by the new windows optimised laptops coming from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung in the next four weeks.