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Intel announced that 5G modems will be coming soon to thin-and-light laptops with 11th Gen Core processors as it prepares to take on ARM on Windows.

Qualcomm unveiled the fourth generation of its is Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit platform, a plug-and-play way to bring modern computing into an ordinary car.

Qualcomm's next-generation chip, the Snapdragon 888, is here. From performance gains to better 5G support, here's everything you need to know.

Acer's Spin 7 will be the first laptop to launch with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G compute platform. The convertible notebook also includes a stylus.

Qualcomm is launching an even faster ARM-based Snapdragon 8cx processors for Windows PCs as it tries to win the desktop race against Intel.

Qualcomm is all-in on 5G and thinks you will be too soon enough. Company president Cristiano Amon expects 200 million 5G smartphones to ship in 2020. Fixed wireless and 5G PCs are here as well, including a newly anounced laptop from Lenovo. The company sees 2020 as the year consumers truly embrace 5G.

Qualcomm continues its push into mainstream, Always Connected laptops, with a new pair of SoCs for manufacturers to choose from. The Snapdragon 8c and 7c aren't as powerful as the 8cx, but they should still be plenty capable, and offer even greater battery life and fan-less cooling for adaptive systems.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx is one of its most exciting system on a chips ever, as it will make big inroads into the PC space. That means more competition for Intel and AMD, which should mean better products for buyers. But just how good will the new Snapdragon SoC be? Here's everything we know.

If you think Qualcomm's Snapdragon PC processors are limited to convertible and detachable tablets, you may want to think again. It's rumored that Microsoft will ditch the Intel Atom processor found on today's Hololens augmented reality headset in favor of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 850 solution on next year's model.

Though we're seeing evolving concepts of how a dual-screen device should look like and function, Qualcomm may have taken an interesting approach. Rather than two screens powered by a single processor, a teaser showed what appears to be two Surface Go tablets housed inside -- and likely connected by -- a folio cover.

Surprisingly, the future of Windows isn’t steered by long-time Microsoft partners AMD or Intel. Instead, it’s Qualcomm, a veteran chip-maker with no PC experience, that’s proving a path forward in the post-PC era. Here's an inside look at the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx: Windows on ARM done right.

Qualcomm debuted its next-generation SoC known as the Snapdragon 8cx. It features a new eight-core CPU and the most powerful graphics core Qualcomm has ever bundled onto a single die. The new chip will find its way into new devices in Q3 2019 and is already shipping out to device makers for testing.

The rumored Snapdragon 1000 chip from Qualcomm could rival the performance of some of Intel's ultra low-power CPUs for laptops. The new report on its development suggests it will have a TDP of just 15w, despite packing as many as eight cores under the hood for use in high-power and low-power scenarios.

Microsoft watcher Paul Thurrott claims that the company originally intended to use Qualcomm’s ARM-based Snapdragon processor in its new Surface Go. But Intel supposedly caught wind of the move and offered “deep discounts” on its Pentium Gold processor that Microsoft simply could not refuse.

The race to 5G is slowly but surely proceeding. Qualcomm has announced its first 5G antennas. The antennas will be paired with the forthcoming Snapdragon X50 5G modem in upcoming 5G phones for 2019. The tech giant has sent samples of the antennas to handset manufacturers to use in upcoming 5G phones.

New details about Qualcomm's rumored Snapdragon 1000 have been revealed, suggesting that the Windows-oriented SoC could offer competition for 2017 Intel Core processors. Better yet, it'll do so in a smaller form factor and potentially at a lower power draw too, making it a very attractive option for laptop owners.

Despite all the news out of Apple's WWDC, smart home tech seemed to get short shrift. Plus: Qualcomm turns their 845 chip up to 850 for laptop duties, and ASUS may be showing the way forward for the lowly touch pad.

Qualcomm announced at Computex that one of the first companies to use its new Snapdragon 850 SoC will be Samsung, though in what capacity is currently unknown. Since the Korean manufacturer has previously made convertible Windows tablets, maybe soon we'll see a new Galaxy Book with an efficient Snapdragon chip.

Qualcomm is expected to reveal a Snapdragon XR1 all-in-one chip next week during the Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara. It will be optimized for "extended reality" (XR) experiences, which is an umbrella term covering augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality applications.

Qualcomm will release a new smartwatch processing platform later this year, which it says will make wearables smaller, with improved features and better battery life. Touchscreen smartwatches are in desperate need of a revival, and this could kick-start one. Here's what we know about it.

Among the first of Qualcomm's new Always Connected PCs, the HP Envy X2 is now available for pre-order, but can it live up to Qualcomm's lofty promises?

Qualcomm's director of Product Management Monte Giles indicated that the company is keeping a close eye on the high-end Chromebook market.