Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Surfaces in Testing, Codenamed "Project Glymur"

[AleksandarK]

Qualcomm debuted its Snapdragon X Elite/Plus series of laptop processors a few months ago, and the company is already testing the next-generation Snapdragon X2 series. Interestingly, the new "SC8480XP" SoC is carrying a codename "project Glymur." Up until now, Qualcomm has exclusively used codenames of places in Hawaii. However, with the Snapdragon X2 series, it shifts to Iceland, with the highest waterfall name being used for this next-generation processor. While we have almost zero clue about core counts and clocks, we know that the CPU cores will be an iteration of Nuvia's Oryon design, likely being pre-designed before the acquisition of the Nuvia design team.

According to Winfuture, Qualcomm started testing the next-generation SC8480XP SoC in July and August, testing various RAM and storage configurations. The company will likely evaluate the best configurations for the upcoming platform, tune the RAM speed with the SoC, and decide on guidelines for storage configurations. We are still waiting to see meaningful hints about the next-generation platform, and we are especially curious about the clocks and core counts that Qualcomm is preparing.



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[Darmok N Jalad]

Well this is hopeful news. I wondered how QC would respond after launching the SDX, seeing how long it would be for them to follow it up. They need to keep moving the ball if they want to be taken seriously. Granted, this doesn't mean SDX2 will be a winner, but they're at least working at it.

 

[Jermelescu]

They (with Microsoft’s help) need to focus a lot more on getting the Windows ARM ecosystem gain traction. Wanted to buy a Windows ARM machine so much, but scrapped the idea because we can’t do Android emulation on them.
Now that AMD and Intel got way more efficient it will be hard for Qualcomm to reach their goals in the computer space, and just a normal performance/efficiency improvement seen in the SoC space will not be enough.

 

[Minus Infinity]

GPU is piss weak on X100, so X200 better improve that aspect 200% minimum to compete against next years competition. And they will face Nvidia/Mediatek team offering ARM on Windows.