Fastest PC Chip Ever? Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon X2 Takes Aim at Apple and Intel
Qualcomm’s Bid to Redefine High-Performance PCs Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X2 Elite and Elite Extreme at its annual Snapdragon Summit 2025 in Maui, marking a major push to challenge Apple and Intel in laptop processors spectrum.ieee.org. These new chips target “ultra-premium” Windows 11 notebooks – think high-end laptops and 2-in-1s – promising a combination of top-tier speed, on-device AI smarts, and long battery life wearablesearch.tistory.com. It’s a bold gambit by Qualcomm, which after “well over a decade” of effort finally gained traction in Windows PCs last year theverge.com with the first-gen Snapdragon X Elite. That initial success (even powering some