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Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 850 Platform Targeted For Windows 10 PCs (hothardware.com) 59

Posted by BeauHD from the new-and-improved dept.
MojoKid writes: Qualcomm's Always-Connected Windows 10 PC initiative with Microsoft kicks into another gear this morning with the announcement of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 Mobile Platform for Windows 10 PCs. Based on what looks to be an optimized version of the Snapdragon 845 specifically tuned for laptops and 2-in-1 convertibles, the Snapdragon 850 promises a 30 percent boost in system-wide performance versus the previous generation Snapdragon 835 platform, while its integrated Snapdragon X20 LTE modem promises peak speeds of 1.2Gbps. When it comes to battery life, Qualcomm says that PCs running the Snapdragon 850 will be able to top 25 hours of runtime. Qualcomm also notes it will have many more OEM partners and a lot more device options to choose from (hopefully at lower price points) this time around. Couple that with Microsoft's new support for the ARM64 SDK in Windows 10, and things could get interesting for this new class of machine. No word on availability just yet, beyond the note that devices will be available in market later this year.
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  • and if not, why buy this instead of a Chromebook?

    • Re: (Score:2, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward

      There are already some Windows 10 ARM laptops out there. x86 software is run via emulation. From the tests I've seen, it's rather slow though, so you can't realistically run heavy tasks on them. Unfortunately, these ARM laptops are rather expensive. They do have good battery life, though.

      • It looks like somebody modded you down and I don't know why. The linked article didn't exactly make it clear emulation was used to run x86 code. I had to track down an article from PCworld to find that out. I kind of figured on the performance.

      • Windows 10 is a huge resource hog. On a new (supposedly fast) HP laptop, I see CPU usage spike to 25% with no user applications running. It also needs 3 GB of RAM for the OS alone (while offering no advantage that I can see over Windows 7).

        W10 on a machine that has to emulate x86 is going to stink.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by swb ( 14022 )

        It will suffer from the same "range anxiety" that electric cars do.

        Objectively, range anxiety is kind of bogus for 85% of the driving people do but because some small number of trips don't factor into the car's range, people say electric cars aren't good enough.

        Substitute "performance" for "range" and you have the ARM laptop problem. For a lot of people it would be fine but because some people will need to run x86 apps and they will run slow, many people will assume its not as useful and stick with x86 lap

    • This is for Microsoft, not for you (Score:4, Interesting)

      by Solandri ( 704621 ) on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @09:05PM (#56734754)
      Microsoft realizes they're not beholden to Intel. Intel needs Microsoft more than Microsoft needs Intel. While it's been a profitable relationship for nearly 40 years, Intel is facing serious competition at the lower end from ARM ever since computers became "fast enough" that most people can get most of their computing needs done with a low-end computer. Microsoft is making sure they have a finger in every pie. If the Intel ship sinks, they don't want it to take Windows down with it. So they're doing what they can to make sure Windows and its API is hardware-agnostic and can run on both Intel/AMD and ARM.

      Whether Windows 10 for the Snapdragon 850 sells well or not is immaterial to Microsoft. They are simply hedging their bets to insure their Windows cash cow survives regardless of whether the winner of the processor war ends up being Intel, AMD, or ARM.

      • Re: (Score:3)

        by jezwel ( 2451108 )
        and in the process tests and refines running Windows on ARM architecture - which powers a pretty large chunk of the mobile world. Don't think that just because Windows Mobile / Phone OS is dead, that Windows OS on mobile devices is also dead.

  • Great Potential (Score:3)

    by amiga3D ( 567632 ) on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @07:38PM (#56734494)

    This has so many interesting possibilities. But when they say Windows 10 they kill all of them.

  • DOS era ARJ is still my most favourite archive program - though it is not the most versatile in today's win7/10 environment.

  • Comparing the Kryo 385 (Cortext A75 derived) at 2.95GHz to a Kryo 280 (Cortex A73 derived) at 2.9GHz

    Not compared to any competitors products.

  • Qualcomm processor unquestionably gives more processing power at very less power consumption compared to Intel and the result is more control on the app and file execution, good multitasking ability and most important low power consumption great battery backup with less amount of heat.
  • Great! Just another chip / os combo to process all these adverts, hopefully faster?
    • Disons que si les applications ou les logiciels sont correctement codés sous ARM, ils prendront beaucoup moins d'espace dans le RAM et le stockage tout en permettant les mêmes fonctionnalités à une fréquence plus basse par rapport à x86 ... ^^ Mais à condition de ne pas s'appuyer sur Windows ou Microsoft en général ... ____________________________________________________ https://getappvalley.com/ [getappvalley.com] https://tutuapp.win/ [tutuapp.win] https://tweakbox.mobi/ [tweakbox.mobi]
      • Let's say that if the apps or software are correctly coded under ARM they will take much less space in ram and storage while allowing the same features at lower frequency compared to x86 ... ^^ But that is on the condition that it is not based on Windows or Microsoft in general ...

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