Years ago we wouldn't even imagine thinking that a smartphone or tablet could have a chip or SoC capable of handling those Pentiums of yesteryear or even later processors. Such is the advancement of mobile technology that some of the big names in chip design are turning to desktop PCs.
This is Qualcomm that has reached an agreement with Microsoft to present next year laptops that will have in their guts chips of that important manufacturer that has had Android as its maximum bulwark. Due to the advancement of technology, it is very normal that Qualcomm has finally ended up in a laptop.
And it is that last Thursday Microsoft held an event called Windows Hardware Engineering Community (WinHEC) in which Qualcomm made a great and surprising appearance. The two companies announced that they will be partnering to bring a complete Windows 10 experience to Qualcomm's processor lineup, beginning with the next Snapdragon.
This is very important for several reasons, but mainly because the Qualcomm processors had been based on an architecture that had been used in desktop PCs with Linux distributions. The new Snapdragon chip will be the first SoC of its kind in running a 64-bit operating system.
Microsoft and Qualcomm stated that laptops with Snadpragon will be available for next year. These devices could run Windows 10 and its heavy programs without major problems, but with the advantage of providing a slimmer design and long battery life.
A demo was shown itself, in which Microsoft shows a PC with Snapdragon that makes adobe photoshop work, one of those programs that is known for the excessive consumption of resources that it does on a computer. We can almost say that a Snapdragon chip that has in the 835 passed with a very good note his maximum having.