Qualcomm plans to design an M1 competitor for PCs—sans ARM

Enlarge / Qualcomm's QTM525 5G mmWave antenna module and Snapdragon X55 5G modem. (credit: Qualcomm)

Qualcomm's new CEO, Cristiano Amon, says the company will have no problem producing laptop chips to compete directly with Apple's M1-mainly because Qualcomm now employs some of the key minds behind Apple's highly publicized breakthrough.

Amon told Reuters in a recent interview that Qualcomm will attempt to design its own system-on-a-chip (SoC) for laptops without working with ARM, its partner in smartphone chips.

This SoC would include a 5G modem as well as a CPU. Explaining this strategy, Amon said:

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