The ‘neural processing unit’ is being pushed as the next big thing for ‘AI PCs’ and ‘AI smartphones,’ but it won’t eliminate the need for cloud-based AI. Reading time 6 minutes There’s a CPU. There’s ...
In a nutshell: At its Vision 2024 conference in Phoenix, Arizona, this week, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger claimed that the company's upcoming Lunar Lake processors will deliver 100+ TOPS of performance in ...
Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. LAHAINA, MAUI—At Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm’s annual technology and silicon showcase, the chip maker unveiled a ...
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As you may have heard, the era of the "AI PC" is upon us (ugh). The first wave of these machines has already arrived in the form of Copilot+ PCs using Qualcomm CPUs, and now this phenomenon might also ...
The new Snapdragon X Elite laptop chip has the Qualcomm AI Engine with integrated Qualcomm Hexagon NPU (Neural Processing Unit) with 45 TOPS of AI workload performance. In comparison, Intel's ...
The new flagship chip, based on the Oryon architecture and largely destined for AI-forward, pro-grade laptops, will feature an 80 TOPS NPU. Also incoming in 2026: two new X2 Elite premium processors.