Qualcomm announces the PC-specific Snapdragon 850 ARM SoC
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Once upon a time, a smartphone chip designer like Qualcomm wouldn't have a place at PC-centric Computex. Last year, though, we witnessed the introduction of a new class of Always Connected Windows mobile PCs built around the then-top-shelf Snapdragon 835 (SD835) chip. Qualcomm took to the Taipei trade show to announce the Snapdragon 850 (SD850), a new ARM SoC designed specifically for compact PCs running Windows 10. The company also announced that its competitor-slash-customer Samsung would be the first manufacturing partner to offer a Windows 10 PC with the new chip as its beating heart.
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