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Qualcomm is expanding its next-gen laptop chip line with the Snapdragon X Plus

Ahead of the Snapdragon X Elite's arrival later this year, today Qualcomm announced a second laptop processor based on its Oryon CPU architecture.

And while we’re still waiting for those processors to make their way into retail devices, today Qualcomm is expanding the line with the Snapdragon X Plus, which I had a chance to test out ahead of its arrival on gadgets later this year. That’s because even if it boasts impressive benchmark figures, these processors will still need to play nicely with Windows, which has not had nearly as smooth a transition to Arm-based silicon as Apple’s macOS. But with renewed support for Windows on Snapdragon PCs and Qualcomm recently working with major players like Google to bring “ dramatic performance improvements ” in Chrome for devices running its laptop chips, things may be smoother this time.

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