Qualcomm Releases Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows 10 on Arm

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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced the Qualcomm Snapdragon Developer Kit, which is designed to enable extended support for independent software vendors and application developers to test and optimize their applications for the growing ecosystem of devices powered by Snapdragon compute platforms. Built in collaboration with Microsoft, this Windows 10 on Arm-based developer kit is a cost-effective resource for developers to verify and validate their solutions to help ensure great user experiences for working, learning, and collaborating on Snapdragon-enabled Windows 10 PCs.

This is the latest collaboration between Qualcomm Technologies and Microsoft to strengthen resources for developers who are recompiling, optimizing, and testing applications for Windows 10 devices powered by Snapdragon compute platforms. In September 2020, Microsoft announced the expansion of its App Assure Program to Windows 10 on Arm PCs powered by Snapdragon compute platforms, as well as the optimization of Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Teams, and Visual Studio Code. The latest advancement in the coordinated support of independent software vendors and application developers was the December 2020 introduction of x64 emulation preview for Windows 10 PCs, to the Windows Insider Program.





The Snapdragon Developer Kit will be commercially available at The Microsoft Store this summer.

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[TheLostSwede]

Full spec, made by ECS. This brand new amazing piece of hardware has 10/100Mbps Ethernet...

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[TheinsanegamerN]

Full spec, made by ECS. This brand new amazing piece of hardware has 10/100Mbps Ethernet...

ECS ELITEGROUP

Founded in 1987, ECS, the Elitegroup Computer Systems, is a top-notch manufacturer and supplier of several families of computer products in the industry. With almost 30 years of experience, ECS not only produces high-quality products such as motherboards, desktops PC, notebook , Mini PC and semi...

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Well I mean, it IS a snapdragon after all.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Well I mean, it IS a snapdragon after all.

Sorry?
There's no reason why any device that doesn't use an MCU in 2021 should be limited to 100Mbps Ethernet.
This chip has PCIe and USB 3.0. If the RPi 4 can do it, so can this, as this will cost a lot more than $35.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

Sorry?
There's no reason why any device that doesn't use an MCU in 2021 should be limited to 100Mbps Ethernet.
This chip has PCIe and USB 3.0. If the RPi 4 can do it, so can this, as this will cost a lot more than $35.

Qualcomm's efforts to support windows have so far been half baked compared to apple's. Despite being around for over a year longer then apple's ARM macbooks, apple's implementation has been far superior.

So it doesnt surprise me that qualcomm's latest developer kit for windows uses 10/100 networking, they hardly seem to be taking the venture seriously. If they were, this would have at least 10/100/1000 if not multi gig networking and would have come out when the surface X did, not over a year later.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Qualcomm's efforts to support windows have so far been half baked compared to apple's. Despite being around for over a year longer then apple's ARM macbooks, apple's implementation has been far superior.

So it doesnt surprise me that qualcomm's latest developer kit for windows uses 10/100 networking, they hardly seem to be taking the venture seriously. If they were, this would have at least 10/100/1000 if not multi gig networking and would have come out when the surface X did, not over a year later.

Fair enough, can't argue with that.