Qualcomm has been working on new chipsets for portable laptops to counter Intel-based Windows 10 notebooks. Few months ago, popular tipster had claimed that Qualcomm is readying a powerful chipset Snapdragon 1000 chipset. Rumors surrounding had claimed that it would be hitting the market with a different moniker. Fresh information that has appeared on WinFuture.de states that the same SoC would be arriving in December with Snapdragon 8180 name and it would be a 7nm chipset. The publication has also shared some key details of the Snapdragon 8180.

The Snapdragon 8180 SoC is being internally referred to as SCX8180. It is an octa-core processor with four Gold ARM Cortex A76 cores that work at 3.0 GHz and four Silver ARM Cortex A55 cores that clocks at 1.8 GHz. The SoC will be also equipped with an NPU-130 NPU unit for handling AI tasks.

The Snapdragon 8180 chipset is equipped with Adreno 680 graphics. The SoC will be equipped with LPDDRX RAM up to 2133MHz frequencies. The SD8180 will be relying on 8.5 billion transistors and its Thermal Design Power is said to be 15 watts.

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The report also reveals that the ASUS could be the first manufacturer to launch Snapdragon 8180 powered notebook. Previous leaks have revealed that the device could be hitting the market as ASUS Primus. After getting announce at the end of this year, the ASUS device may release in the market in early 2019.

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It wasn’t too long ago that Qualcomm announced that its mobile processors should be referred to as Mobile Platforms. So instead of saying the Snapdragon 660 processor, one should say Snapdragon 660 Mobile Platform. Now, a bigger change is coming to the way the chipsets are named.

According to Roland Quandt, the American chip manufacturer may be switching to a new naming scheme. This new naming scheme will make it easier to identify chipsets used for mobiles and those used in PCs. Proof of the new naming scheme has been found in databases and LinkedIn profiles of some Qualcomm employees.

At the moment, the new naming scheme is already in use for two upcoming chipsets. The Snapdragon 855 (SDM855) codenamed “Hena” which will succeed the current Snapdragon 845 flagship, is now being referred to as the SM8150. The SoC will measure 12.4 x 12.4 mm and will be a 7nm chipset manufactured by TSMC.

Winfuture.de reports that the SM1850 may likely not have an integrated 5G modem. Instead, Qualcomm will include a Snapdragon X24 model with support for Cat. 20 LTE. This is surprising as it was reported earlier this year that the SDM855 a.k.a. the SM8150 will come with the SDX50 modem and be known as the Snapdragon 855 Fusion Platform. The only plausible explanation is that there will be two versions of the SDM855 – one with the X24 modem for non-5G phones and the other with the X55 modem for 5G devices.

The second chipset that has also gotten the name change is the upcoming Snapdragon 1000 (SDM1000) codenamed “Poipu” which will power ARM-based computers. The chipset has appeared in documents as the SCX8180 while still keeping the aforementioned codename.

The SC8180 will measure 20 x 15 millimeters which means it is significantly bigger than the SDM855/SM8150. Production of the chipset will also be handled by TSMC and it will be 7nm too.

There are two other processors that have also appeared in documents with the new naming scheme but there is no confirmation as to their true identities. They are the SM7150 and the SM7250. There are speculations that they are probably the new names for the newly-announced Snapdragon 670 and its closer but more powerful sibling, the Snapdragon 710.

In conclusion, all the new chipsets will henceforth have four numbers with the prefix SM (Snapdragon Mobile) denoting its a mobile phone chipset while the prefix SCX (Snapdragon Computing) denotes it’ s for PCs and related hardware.

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Rumors about the existence of Snapdragon 1000 SoC had surfaced in the previous month. The chipset is expected to be aimed towards powerful Windows 10 PCs. Fresh information on the features of the upcoming Qaulcomm Snapdragon 1000 has surfaced today.

The previous report had claimed that the Snapdragon 1000 may include Cortex A76 performance cores and lightweight Cortex A55 cores. Fresh report on WinFuture.de reveals that the developer platform of the Snapdragon 1000 that is codenamed Project Poipu was recently spotted with specs like 16 GB of LPDDR4X RAM and a pair of UFS 2.1 storage of 128 GB. It also includes Gigabit WLAN (also available on Snapdragon 850) and a new power management chip.

The TDP which stands for Thermal Design Power of the Snapdragon 1000 is around 12 watts. This suggests that it could rival with the U series chipset from Intel that has a TDP of 15 watts. The higher the TDP, the more stable is the processor. Hence, it seems that the Snapdragon 1000 will be able to deliver better performance than Intel’s Atom and Celeron chips. The U series chips are used for powering Ultrabooks. So, there is a possibility that the Snapdragon 1000 may power thin-sized laptops with small form factor.

The newly introduced Snapdragon 850 as well as the Snapdragon 845 SoC measure 12.4 x 12.4mm. The dimensions of the upcoming Snapdragon 1000 are 20 x 15mm which shows that it is bigger than the recent flagship chipsets by Qualcomm. Even though it is a large-sized chipset, it is still smaller than 15-watt Intel chips, claims the report.

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The new report also claims that the Snapdragon 1000 will be a socketed chipset. In other words, the SoC will not be soldered to the motherboard. This will make it possible for the user to easily swap the chip. Hence, users may have the power to replace their old Snapdragon processor with the newest one on their Windows 10 PC.

Qualcomm is known for selling processors that are soldered to the motherboard. However, rumors surrounding the SD1000 suggest the U.S.-based chip maker could be venturing a new territory of manufacturing swappable processors.

There is no information available on the launch date of Snapdragon 1000. ASUS could be one of the first companies to launch SD1000 powered PC as it is rumored to be working on a device called Primus that features the same SoC.

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Few days ago, Qualcomm had unleashed the Snapdragon 850 chipset as an overclocked edition of the SD845. The SD850 is expected to offer 30 percent better performance than SD835 powered devices like Hp Envy x2 and ASUS NovaGo. The new chipset has mainly designed to power ARM computers. Fresh information revealed by reliable tipster Roland Quandt states that Qualcomm is also working on a more powerful chipset called Snapdragon 1000 for Windows 10 ARM PCs.

Even though the upcoming processor is being referred to as Snapdragon 1000, it may arrive in the market with a different name. Preliminary information suggests that it is designed to take Intel powered laptops.

The tipster has revealed that the Snapdragon 1000 is likely to deliver a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of up to 12W. It is nearly twice more than SD850 that has a maximum TDP of 6.5W. The U-series processors from Intel such as 8250U and 8550U have 15W TDP and are equipped with quad cores with two threads each.

There is no information available on the specs of the Snapdragon 1000. However, it is likely to arrive with Cortex-A76 architecture that was recently unveiled by ARM. It is designed to produce a maximum clocking speed of up to 3 GHz and 35 percent better performance compared to predecessor Cortex A75. The Cortex A76 is expected to be aimed towards smartphones. However, it may deliver higher clocking speed in laptop-like devices and it may be able to produce the same clocking speed for longer duration through advanced cooling.

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Quandt has claimed that the Cortex A76 inside the SD 1000 could be coupled with Cortex A55 that was announced at the beginning of this year. It is speculated to be built with 7nm manufacturing process by TSMC. Also, devices powered by it will be running on ARM version of Windows which carries support for x86 apps.

The tipster has added that ASUS could be the first manufacturer to launch Snapdragon 1000 powered laptop. The prototype of the ASUS device is named as Primus and it is speculated to come with 1080p display and WiGig wireless connectivity.

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Last year, Qualcomm showed us a glimpse of what was in store for us in the world of mobile devices. With smartphones getting bigger and better, it was only a matter of time Qualcomm decided to team up with Microsoft to work on Snapdragon powered laptops. We have already seen a couple of such Snapdragon 835 powered laptops, like the Asus NovaGo, but it looks like there’s more in store.

According to Winfuture.de, Qualcomm is developing a new processor called Snapdragon 1000 specifically for ARM based Windows devices. At present, PCs powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 are not really comparable to mid-range Intel laptops powered by Core i5. So the new processor should be the chipmaker’s answer to offer faster and energy efficient processors for laptops and convertibles.

Snapdragon 1000 doesn’t really fit into any of the company current lineups, so it’s quite possible that Qualcomm may announce it as a separate series. The Snapdragon 4XX, 6XX, 7XX, 8XX are all focused on mobile devices, so this should be a special series made specifically for the laptop market.

While details about Snapdragon 1000 are scarce at the moment, it is said that the CPU will be focused on improving performance of ARM based PCs. The Snapdragon 1000 is rumored to increase CPU power dissipation to 6.5 watts, up from 5 watts on the Snapdragon 845.

As of now, we don’t know whether this is a convertible or a traditional laptop, but Asus is internally calling it as the ‘Primus’. Expected release is around late 2018 or early 2019.

The current state of ARM based Windows laptops is promising but it’s not without issues. There are a lot of limitations in running the full version of Windows because of the ARM based hardware inside. In fact, as of now, the Snapdragon 835 based Windows devices come with a limited Windows S version that can only run apps from the Windows store. You’ll have to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro (free now) to get the full Windows PC experience.

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