Qualcomm Believes AI Will Change PCs, Starting With Its Chips

Until now, the chips powering your rig have largely come from Intel, AMD or Apple.

Generative AI is now being built into Qualcomm’s most powerful chips, starting with the new Oryon CPU.

It expects you’ll be able to buy computers running its new chips in the middle of 2024.

The new processors could be a major force in improving personal computing.

The company also says the Snapdragon X Elite outpaces Intel’s 14-core i7.

The Oryon is capable of 50% faster peak multithreaded CPU performance over the Apple M2 chip.

“The Oryon CPU is the new CPU leader in mobile computing.

“There’s a new sheriff in town.”

Including AI accelerators is now tables stakes for processors makers.

Apple’s M series of laptop chips already have AI acceleration technology.

The benefit of all this AI hardware depends on support from software makers too.

Adobe software like Lightroom and Photoshop use AI, and Microsoft and Meta are working on their own improvements.

“Our on-equipment AI can write faster than you might read,” Katouzian said.