For years we have become accustomed to the struggle between Intel and AMD to dominate the processor market. Currently, Intel easily dominates this market, despite the good AMD Ryzen processors. Well the Qualcomm companymanufacturer of Snapdragon chips makes sure that in 2024 they will look for intel in the PC segment.
The reality is that there are laptops out there that already use Snapdragon processors and run Windows. The problem is that they’re not even remotely competitive with AMD, let alone Intel. But the company has challenged itself not to compete in the laptop market, but in the desktop market.
Qualcomm wants to go with Intel and AMD, with everything
It is very possible that you are ringing Snapdragon processors, present in a large number of smartphones and tablets on the market. These are quite powerful chips that offer good performance with low power consumption. But, these chips are far from being able to compete in power with the Intel Core and AMD Ryzen.
And Meng, CEO of Qualcomm, during the meeting to expose the accounts of the company revealed something important. He said to wait 2024 that PC based in one Snapdragon and used Windows generate a turn of the market. Come on, the company wants to take the plunge into a market dominated by only two manufacturers.
Above all, he pointed out that Microsoft work on optimize windows for the processors based on ARM architecture. Note that all Snapdragons are based on this type of design.
Qualcom, after the acquisition of Nuvia, he claims to want follow in the footsteps of apple with its M1 and M2 chips. They point out that they stopped using a public version of the architecture and started developing high performance PC processors from zero. As stated, the idea is to challenge Intel and AMD.
Not only that, but I also hope that OEM system builders show them your support. Currently, few clone systems use Snapdragon 8cx, Qualcomm’s most powerful SoC. These systems, although cheap and effective, are really not very powerful and quite irrelevant.
A warning that will hardly bother Intel and AMD
The truth is that it seems difficult for Intel to worry about this bet from Qualcomm. Apple has stopped using its chips and seems to have cared little or nothing about it. AMD shouldn’t worry either, since its Ryzen processors are very powerful and well priced.
There is a huge difference between Apple and Qualcomm. Apple has a closed ecosystem of hardware and software, so optimization is extremely simple. Qualcomm lacks this ecosystem, relying on third-party hardware and a Microsoft operating system geared towards a different type of processor design.
Although the proposal is interesting from the point of view of greater competition, the reality is harsh. It seems very complicated that they can compete with the Intel Core and AMD Ryzen. It is possible that they compete with the entry level or generate very cheap and powerful Mini PCs, but beyond that the task is hard, very hard.
