Qualcomm recently announced the Snapdragon X series, a new lineup of chips that might exist alongside the company's existing Snapdragon 8cx processors. In a blog post, the tech giant said that the upcoming Snapdragon X series will be powered by a custom version of the existing Oryon CPUs, offering a significant jump in terms of both performance and power efficiency. For the uninitiated, the Oryon CPU was first announced last year in November, with Qualcomm stating that it will be used in a wide range of products like PCs, smartphones, digital cockpits, extended reality, and advanced driver assistance solutions. The press release goes on to say that Qualcomm will alter the iconic Snapdragon fireball logo with the Snapdragon X branding helping users differentiate between mobiles and desktop processors. Until now, Qualcomm used to license architecture for its CPUs from ARM, making a few adjustments to the design and calling it 'Kyro'. But the company's acquisition of the chip design startup Nuvia might allow it to make its own chips from scratch. This might mean that Qualcomm will be able to take on SoC makers like Apple, which is already designing it's own chips for years now. With the existing Snapdragon 8cx chips taking on Intel's i5 offerings, it looks like the Snapdragon X series will offer more performance and take on performance-oriented chips like the Apple M2 or Intel's i9 series. Qualcomm is expected to unveil the Snapdragon X series alongside its upcoming mobile chipset - the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 at the company's annual Snapdragon Summit on October 24.
