The Snapdragon Elite – The Rise of the ARM Processor
The world of PC / Windows computing is set for a shake-up of epic proportions in the next coming months as Qualcomm gets ready to launch its highly anticipated Snapdragon Elite processors which run on ARM technology.
Qualcomm is promising the most powerful, intelligent, and efficient processor in its class for Windows. The snapdragon Elite will include on-device generative AI and a major battery life and performance improvement from the current generation of Intel and AMD processors.
In a recent performance preview done by anandtech, the high perfromance Snapdragon Elite chip reached speeds of 4.3GHz on 2 core turbo, using DDR5 RAM. The image below gives a quick look at the performance of the chip compared to other high-end processors.
Currently with all this going on, Windows is working tirelessly to make sure the ARM version of its operating system is ready to roll out and take full advantage of the ARM architecture. It has been announced that most windows games will be able to ‘just work’ on the Snapdragon Elite, but software like Adobe, Quickbooks, VSCode and a slew of other popular windows apps will need to be updated to take advantage of the new frontier of technology.
Google has just announced that it has developed and released its Chrome browser that is designed to work under the new ARM architecture. More on this here.
