Qualcomm Unveils New Snapdragon X Chip Series with Custom Cores to Rival Apple Silicon

Qualcomm is introducing Snapdragon X, its new chip series with custom Oryon CPU cores, to compete with Apple's chips.

Snapdragon X will aim higher than Snapdragon 8cx, likely competing with Intel Core i9.

With an architecture license, Qualcomm can now develop chips from scratch like Apple does.

This gives Qualcomm a competitive advantage over MediaTek and Samsung.

Snapdragon X launch will be a big Windows on Arm laptop launch, taking center stage at the upcoming Snapdragon Summit.