Webcams always seem to have been cack on Windows for some reason.Almost all reviewers have noted that the webcam quality on Snapdragon laptops is generally better than Intel/AMD laptops.
To be brutally fair Qualcomm don't have the full stack control like Apple do to force Mac devs to port their code bases to ARM.And yet Chrome released ARM native build days before X Elite was released if I am not mistaken, so great was Qualcomm success until this far
Then you can kiss battery life and power efficiency bye bye.Either way image processing isn't magic - anything that you can do with an ISP you can probably do with a programmable GPU too.
Not exactly great for partner relationships now is it?
Message seems to be clear. Want the latest updates for your SD Elite X GPU? Don't choose any brand other than MS Surface.
Well, it was their choice to release all 8cx devices as premium devices for 5 years, without any sensible dev kits at the time. It was really hard to get any snapdragon Pi equivalent that wouldn't cost the same as actual laptop.It's also a bit of a chicken and the egg scenario - without enough WoA market share the app devs aren't going to take the plunge to port,
Microsoft usually stabs their customers in the back.Not exactly great for partner relationships now is it?
I don't even understand why they insist on releasing a souped up devkit. A cheaper SD Plus 16GB/512GB devkit would've served its purpose just fine.Well, it was their choice to release all 8cx devices as premium devices for 5 years, without any sensible dev kits at the time.
Not really, but they played their hands really badly.Qualcomm repeatedly botched their launches over the last 7 years
Hopefully there are GPU and Prism improvements to make theoretical gains there materialize in real use.One workload that will benefit from the larger 6-core clusters will be gaming.
Most games have 4 to 8 threads, with the average being 6 threads. Being able to contain all 6 threads in a single cluster would be beneficial to performance.
To be honest, assuming that the game starts, Prism emulation speed probably is not the problem. Currently the GPU is rather weak and drivers are lacking.Hopefully there are GPU and Prism improvements to make theoretical gains there materialize in real use.
Not really, but they played their hands really badly.
Yeah, terminal premium handset brain there.Its a helluva ride going from operating as a quasi monopoly who can tell their customers to go pound sand if they're unhappy to not only having to compete but having to compete from behind where the quasi monopoly is who you're competing against / trying to deal with!
totally deserved. Sell undercooked goods get undercooked sales. and heres the kicker, I wonder what the return rate wasThe sales figures are in;
Only about 720,000 Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptops sold since launch — under 0.008% of the total number of PCs shipped over the period, or less than 1 out of every 125 devices
AI-capable PCs grow 49%, and take 20% of shipments, but Snapdragon X PCs strugglewww.techradar.com
I think that's a bit excessively harsh.totally deserved. Sell undercooked goods get undercooked sales. and heres the kicker, I wonder what the return rate was
I don't think it is. They made big claims and failed to deliver on them but I do have high hopes for Gen3.I think that's a bit excessively harsh.
Would never be a feature relevant enough to drive volume.with the failed copilot release for Snapdragon devices.
Thanks for correcting the maths. The article author writing the following (and putting the broken percentage in the headline to boost) kills me inside.720,000 devices sold on Q2/Q3.
0.8% of total PC sales in this time period.
Ian interviewed Gerard Williams at Hot Chips 2024.Guess who it is!
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Not the story we were being served around launch time either. They were going to take the PC market by storm, remember? I argued it's not as simple as that, not with premium devices anyway. If you go for the premium market, you better have very few weak spots and most importantly premium software support. High ASP customers are often times professionals or follow trends set by them, and professionals surprisingly care about solid software support.I think that's a bit excessively harsh.
700,000 premium laptops.
Not a roaring success, but not a flop either.
They can start by firing their Copilot chief. In a very public manner so the next one knows what happens to liars.MS outdid themselves in terms of failing to deliver what consumers want, let alone what consumers need.