Qualcomm unveils new PC laptop chip with AI features

Qualcomm executives said the company’s new Snapdragon Elite X chip will be available in laptops starting next year. — Reuters

San Diego: Qualcomm has given details about a chip for Microsoft Windows-based laptops that it claims will be faster at some tasks than Apple’s chips for Mac computers.

Qualcomm executives said the company’s new Snapdragon Elite X chip will be available in laptops starting next year and has been redesigned to better handle artificial intelligence (AI) tasks like summarising emails, writing text and generating images.