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A day with the future of connected PCs
Qualcomm's new PC chip promises big improvements over its predecessor. We went hands on with the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Reference Design.
For over a day now, the only laptop that I've been using is Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Reference Design. The only rule is that I can't run benchmarks, so if that's what you're here to see, you won't find them. I was OK with that though, because I'm really more interested in the experience.
Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 laptop processor offers up to 85% faster performance
Qualcomm is introducing its Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 and Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3, and both offer big performance gains over their predecessors.
It's been three years since Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 8cx. At the time, the company was pulling ahead at a rapid pace, quickly iterating between the Snapdragon 835, the Snapdragon 850, and then its new 'extreme' chip that was designed from the ground up for PCs. And then, it just kind of stalled.