Qualcomm Technologies has announced the launch of Snapdragon X Plus platform as part of its strategy to transform the PC industry.
Intel is the chipset leader in the PC industry.
Snapdragon X Plus features Qualcomm Oryon CPU, delivering up to 37 percent faster CPU performance compared to competitors, while consuming up to 54 percent less power.
Snapdragon X Plus is designed to meet the demands of on-device AI-driven applications, powered by the Qualcomm Hexagon NPU capable of 45 TOPS, making it the world’s fastest NPU for laptops.
“Snapdragon X Series platforms deliver leading experiences. Snapdragon X Plus will power AI-Supercharged PCs that enable even more users to excel,” said Kedar Kondap, senior vice president and general manager of compute and gaming, Qualcomm.
Qualcomm Technologies demonstrated new AI-optimized applications and features running on the 45 TOPS NPU, including:
Code generation in Visual Studio Code from Codegen, to assist programmers by generating fresh code instantly with on-device generative AI.
Music generation in Audacity, using Riffusion on-device AI, to generate new music from prompts or pre-existing music.
Live captions in OBS Studio, to provide automatic translation of 100 spoken languages into live captions in 100 languages using Whisper on-device, in real-time during livestreams.
OEMs are expected to launch PCs powered by Snapdragon X Plus alongside devices powered by Snapdragon X Elite starting mid-2024.
