Qualcomm’s Next-gen Snapdragon X2 Laptops Are Here — And They Brought A New Friend

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In September, Qualcomm announced nan Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme, nan laptop chips that, it claimed, would beryllium "the fastest and astir businesslike processors for Windows PCs." They mightiness yet springiness Intel and AMD a tally for their money. Now, CES 2026 is bringing america nan first actual laptops based connected some that silicon and nan Snapdragon X2 Plus - a brace of just-announced chips aimed astatine much fund machines.

PCs pinch nan X2 Elite and ones pinch nan X2 Plus should some get astir nan extremity of nan first quarter, Qualcomm spokesperson Cassandra Garcia-Bacha tells The Verge.