"Qualcomm has introduced its Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and Snapdragon X2 Elite processors, designed for Windows PCs with enhanced performance, extended battery life, advanced AI capabilities, and new management features intended to appeal to enterprise users. The chips feature Qualcomm's latest CPU and GPU architectures along with an NPU capable of 80 trillion operations per second, which the company says enables more efficient multitasking and support for AI-driven applications.Qualcomm also highlighted Guardian, a remote management tool the company says is designed to let IT teams update or service devices even when they are powered down."
""Considering the laptops being purchased will be used for the next 3-4 years, Qualcomm's X2 Elite with 80 TOPs, a 3rd-gen powerful CPU, deeper Microsoft and growing ISV partnerships, future-proofs enterprises for the Agentic AI wave kickstarting now," said Neil Shah, VP for research at Counterpoint Research. "The best performance per watt in the industry, with industry-leading on-device AI capabilities, makes the devices with this platform a key differentiator and a no-brainer for CIOs to deploy at scale.""
Qualcomm introduced Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite processors for Windows PCs, emphasizing enhanced performance, longer battery life, advanced on-device AI capabilities, and enterprise-focused management features. The chips incorporate Qualcomm's latest CPU and GPU architectures and an NPU rated at 80 trillion operations per second to accelerate multitasking and AI-driven applications. Guardian enables remote servicing and updates even when devices are powered down, targeting IT management needs. Qualcomm positions the platforms to compete with Intel and AMD in enterprise PC deployments and highlights performance-per-watt and Microsoft/ISV partnerships, while analysts caution about security risks and adoption hurdles for CIOs.
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