Testing Eight-Core Snapdragon X Plus' Mettle Back at IFA 2024, Qualcomm hosted a benchmarking session for journalists to give them a sense of the cheaper X Plus’s performance.The company provided a set of Asus Vivobook S 15 ($839.99 as tested) laptops, each running on a Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 processor representing the low end of the Snapdragon X hierarchy (PDF).

Xiaomi has launched its flagship Xiaomi 15 series, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, exclusively in China. The Xiaomi 15 features a 6.36-inch flat OLED display with a resolution of 1.5K, while the Pro model boasts a larger 6.73-inch 2K resolution micro-curved OLED screen.

Qualcomm is building a Snapdragon car brain that is considerate of your passengers as well as a driverless future.

Qualcomm has touted some pretty eye-opening benchmarks for its new silicon, with the Snapdragon 8 Elite posting numbers of the Geekbench test of general performance that top Intel’s new Lunar Lake chips — impressive since the latter is built for laptops while the Snapdragon 8 Elite powers phones.

Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon Elite platforms for automotive applications at its Snapdragon Summit event today.

Qualcomm has a new chip for flagship phones, and the best part is that it uses an improved version of the Oryon CPU architecture that the Snapdragon X Elite chips brought to Windows PCs earlier this year.

Xiaomi has launched its flagship Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro in China. The highlights of the latest smartphone series include Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, HyperOS 2 and include a Leica-tuned 50MP triple rear camera setup. Like their predecessors, the Xiaomi 15 series is IP68-rated for water and dust resistance.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite processor debut, launch dates for OnePlus 13 and iQOO 13, Android 16's new notification system, AI monitoring traffic violations, and Apple's upcoming M4 chip MacBook Air production slated for early 2025.