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First Tests: Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Shows Some Serious Speed

Lofty clocks, lots of cores, AI horsepower to spare, and a rebuilt GPU: The new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip looks like a ...

Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme crushes Apple M4, Intel, and AMD in new benchmarks

Qualcomm has revealed benchmarks from its new, top-tier flagship PC processor dubbed the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, announced at its annual Snapdragon Summit on September 24, 2025. Here's how it ...
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Linux 6.17 release – Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architectures

Here are some of the highlights of the Linux 6.17 release: Specific support for single-core processors has been removed, and ...

Is Arm Holdings One of the Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks for Long-Term Investors?

Is Arm Holdings One of the Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks for Long-Term Investors? Arm has a technological ...

Arm Holdings: Fantastic Growth, But Too Pricey To Chase

Arm Holdings (ARM) is a buy as strong AI demand meets lofty valuations. Read here for an analysis of its growth, risks, and ...

Arm Holdings: Strong AI Position, But Too High A Premium

Inflection investing is about backing companies with stronger years ahead, not weaker ones—and Arm doesn’t fit that bill.

StanChart Venture Arm Teams Up With Fujitsu on Quantum Computing

Standard Chartered Plc’s venture building arm and Fujitsu Ltd. teamed up on quantum computing, the latest in a slew of ...

Qualcomm launches its 2nd gen Windows-on-Arm laptop chips with big performance and efficiency gains

At the top is the X2E-96-100, also an 18-core part but with higher clocks. Its performance cores run at 4.4GHz, with two able to boost up to 5.0GHz, while the efficiency cluster reaches 3.6GHz.
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TOPS of the Heap: Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme CPU With 18 Cores, Massive NPU

The new flagship chip, based on the Oryon architecture and largely destined for AI-forward, pro-grade laptops, will feature ...