imagine this if you will a PC that
doesn't have an Intel or an AMD processor but is actually pretty
good just imagine it although Windows on arm has been around for a while the
performance just hasn't been good enough for it to be an attractive option but
now we're seeing the Snapdragon X processors from Qualcomm starting to hit
the market going head-to-head with Apple's M series Qualcomm is even
claiming the Snapdragon X Elite soundly beats Apple's M3 so can this chip make
Windows laptops a compelling buy for folks that might be otherwise
considering a Mac and why do we even need an arm chip for Windows anyway well
one of the biggest advantages of arm is that arm chips tend to be more power
efficient than those using the long serving x86 architecture which is a big
part of the reason you see it used so often in phones where battery life is a
key concern this isn't universally true
as it's certainly possible to have arm chips that use lots of power like in
some supercomputers but keep in mind that x86 was introduced way back in 1978
as a desktop platform where power consumption wasn't nearly as big of an
issue but using a different architecture that focuses on efficiency means that
compatibility and performance can suffer and those are indeed big reasons why
Windows on arm has struggled to gain popularity in the marketplace so how is
snapdragon X different well similar to when Apple first unveiled its M series
Apple silicon to the world Qualcomm is hammering home the point that testing
shows it's faster than Intel's laptop chips specifically faster than their
current core Ultra 7 offering combined with their performance comparisons to
the Apple M3 it's a pretty clear signal that Qualcomm and Microsoft aren't
content to let Apple run away with the performance Crown the snap dragon X
lineup is built on a 4 nmet process and has between 10 and 12 high performance
depending on the model similarly to the Apple M3 Max which is built on a 3
nanometer process despite these similarities there's one specific area
where Microsoft is hoping Snapdragon X will clearly beat apple and we'll tell
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come as a surprise to many of you that Microsoft is leaning on Snapdragon X to
give it a big advantage in the AI space Qualcomm already has experience building
neural processing units or npus into its previous chips and the Snapdragon X
lineup has npus that can deliver 45 trillion operations per second or tops
Microsoft's effort to get AI enabled Windows features into everyone's hot
little hands is currently taking the form of a lineup of PCS the company is
calling co-pilot plus which require npus
that can deliver at least 40 tops and Snapdragon X is technically the first to
Market with that level of performance even when when you include Apple silicon
of course this doesn't mean that Intel and AMD aren't trying to play catchup
with both companies looking to release compatible CPUs later this year and it
also doesn't mean that everyone will necessarily Embrace AI features the
overall sentiment around Aid driven Tech right now is relatively mixed and there
doesn't yet appear to be a killer app that would compel people to run to their
local Best Buy in drobes for a Snapdragon X laptop to run it but even
if AI isn't your or bag it does appear
that Snapdragon X represents a pretty significant Leap Forward compared to the
underpowered arm laptop chips of yesty year although emulating native x86 app
still comes with a performance penalty just as it does on Apple the more
powerful Hardware should make emulation less of a pain although early reviews
suggest it still struggles in some applications but the more exciting news
on this front is that with this big push for arm we're seeing more native arm
versions of software being developed notably Adobe has released popular
programs for creatives like Photoshop and Lightroom on arm which could end up
boosting the appeal of a chip like the Snapdragon X as a true competitor to
Apple silicon as MacBooks have been targeted at creators for quite a long
time there have even been some impressive gaming results According to
some reviewers even though the Snapdragon X isn't really being marketed
as a gaming chip for us the bigger implication here is that emulation
performance of non-armed programs might end up being a pleasant surprise even
shortly after launch however one very important caveat is that unlike Apple
silicon there isn't one company controlling the whole hardware and
software stack meaning hiccups may be more likely so while we're excited about
what Snapdragon X can do I wouldn't necessarily run out to be one of the
first people to buy one of these new laptops when they hit store shelves this
month instead maybe I'd wait a bit and
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