"This project was commissioned by Microsoft."
Need I say more?
Like I said if I didn't know it was commissioned by Microsoft I would say it was done by someone else (like Intel or AMD) looking to cut down Qualcomm or by a Mac fanboy doing a really bad job of trying to make them look good.
Snapdragon X Elite Gen 2 was promised for a September unveiling and a Q1/26 launch unless someone *HINT* does it a tad earlier.
Hoho, things are getting more interesting days by days:![]()
Qualcomm Teases Infrastructure Plans And More
Qualcomm had more hints than releases at Computex but they were pretty big hints.www.semiaccurate.com
Maybe we will get one of those single OEM/Device/SKU "launches" in December
I don't think the Server products will be available soon. Just a more detailed announcement by the end of the year.Hoho, things are getting more interesting days by days:
- Why would Qualcomm push up the announcement date to September 2025? Right after iPhone's announcement date? FYI, iPhone 16 was announced on 20th September.
- Why would Qualcomm pre-annouced that they are going to unveil X-Elite Gen2 but won't ship until 2026? Sound familiar? Yep, even NV did not make their announcement about N1, N1x and GB10 in Computex but their intention is clear as explained here.
- Lastly, Qualcomm pretty much confirmed they are going to enter ARM Server platform:- "In a shock to no one, Christiano admitted that Qualcomm has datacenter ambitions for real. This isn’t just AI AISCs but the full CPU side of things as well. The datacenter plans at Qualcomm have had a rocky road in the past, more due to external events and finance than product merit. " Although I don't buy Charlie's meanings of "Servers were ‘soon’, and more hints promised a pretty hectic 2H/25 for the company. Again, please read my assessment about WoA 12 / Server timings.
Cristiano Amon, President and CEO, Qualcomm:
"We can provide it to anybody. We’re gonna be building interfaces, and that’s part of the NVLink announcement that you saw with with NVIDIA. The way the way you should think about it is this CPU asset is very competitive even if you start at a very simple building block, which is a CPU chiplet that can go into other things. And soon, hopefully at the end of the year, we’ll be able to provide a very detailed product road map of what we’re doing, how big the opportunity is, how that’s going to be financially impactful to Qualcomm in the long term. We’re not there yet."
Why would Qualcomm push up the announcement date to September 2025? Right after iPhone's announcement date?
oh yeah they're like 2027 or 2028 or something. if they survive.I don't think the Server products will be available soon.
Last year, my source told me about the specs of upcoming X Elite G2: the core counts should be correct for Glymur & Mahua even though there are no leaks about 12-core Mahua which likely to be named X G2. However, I always curious about odd memory interface of 192-bit LPDDR5x. Now with the confirmation of 192-bit LPDDR6 and article below:My source just updated me with XE G2 roadmap which are supposedly launching in H1 2026. There are two SoCs planned:
1. SoC codenamed Glymur:
- Higher tier than Hamoa
- 18 cores CPU (6L+6L+6M), cluster of six
- 192-bit LPDDR5x (don't know final speed yet)
- Full DX12U features including hardware RT
2. SoC codenamed Mahua
That's all I know atm, at least we have an idea what Qualcomm are planning in 2026. Again, treat this as rumor until real thing happens.
- Hamoa successor
- 12 cores CPU (6L+6M), cluster of six
- 128-bit LPDDR5x (don't know final speed yet)
- Full DX12U features including hardware RT
According to Dutch IT media Sam Mobile, Qualcomm will install LPDDR6 DRAM in the next-generation notebook system-on-chip (SoC) 'Snapdragon X Elite 2'. It is expected to be unveiled for the first time at Qualcomm's 'Snapdragon Summit 2025' on September 23 this year.
Glymur will be an absolute beast, shame Linux support of these things is likely to be shambolic like it still is for Gen 1, I'd absolutely be switching to ARM on my next laptop if they could just work that out.Last year, my source told me about the specs of upcoming X Elite G2: the core counts should be correct for Glymur & Mahua even though there are no leaks about 12-core Mahua which likely to be named X G2. However, I always curious about odd memory interface of 192-bit LPDDR5x. Now with the confirmation of 192-bit LPDDR6 and article below:
Yep, upcoming X Elite G2 most likely to utilize 192-bit LPDDR6 with memory bandwidth of 228 - 307 GB/s depending on memory speed...![]()
That's surprising given that Linux was the first OS to really support desktop/laptop ARM SoCs.Glymur will be an absolute beast, shame Linux support of these things is likely to be shambolic like it still is for Gen 1, I'd absolutely be switching to ARM on my next laptop if they could just work that out.
ARM support on Linux is good, lots of software is already compiled for ARM (tho there's also stuff that's lacking still) and there are even some pretty good x86 to ARM translation layers, it's specific support for X Elite and X Elite based machines which is just not good.That's surprising given that Linux was the first OS to really support desktop/laptop ARM SoCs.