Qualcomm to launch next generation processors to take on Apple M chips
US-based chip maker Qualcomm is planning
to announce next-generation Arm-based chips for Windows PCs that would be able
to compete with Apple's M-series processors.
During the company's Investor Day, Qualcomm CTO Jim
Thompson announced Qualcomm's plans to create a next-gen ARM-based SoC
(system-on-a-chip) designed to set the performance benchmark for Windows PCs.
The new chip will be designed by the Nuvia team, which Qualcomm had bought
earlier this year for $1.4 billion, the company said late on Tuesday.
Nuvia was founded by John Bruno, Manu Gulati, and Gerard Williams,
former Apple employees
who previously worked on the team that helped create Apple's M-series chip.
The Soc in terms of performance for Windows PCs would be able to
go head to head with Apple's M-series processors.
Unlike Qualcomm's 8cx chips, which are designed primarily to
support mobile productivity, Qualcomm envisions its next-gen CPU may challenge
Apple's homegrown silicon in both performance and power efficiency.
Meanwhile, Apple is also
reportedly working on new Mac chips, presumably to be called the M2 expected to
land as soon as 2023.
The next generation of chips presumably the M2, M2 Pro, and M2 Max
will use an enhanced 5nm process, reports The Information.
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