https://youtu.be/TUoHUoVE6ZAhttps://liliputing.com/2017/12/hands-hp-envy-x2-windows-tablet-snapdragon-835.html
https://liliputing.com/2017/12/amd-qualcomm-partner-ryzen-powered-pcs-snapdragon-lte-modems.html
https://liliputing.com/2017/12/asus-unveils-novago-convertible-laptop-snapdragon-835-gigabit-lte.html
https://liliputing.com/2017/12/qualcomm-introduces-snapdragon-845.htmlBig day in Computerland, a landmark sort of day.Qualcomm releases the brand new Snapdragon 845 chipset, swinging AI and DynamIQ and all the power that comes with those items. Things that simply do not apply to Microsoft's Windows world for anything at this point in time, these are things that apply much more to Android and Chromebooks and make them still more and more appealing. (while Microsoft strains to catch up yet again from over a year and a half in arrears).
Yep, running most of two years "past the pale" Microsoft says they have Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipsets in Win 10 for ARM machines finally up and working, and they have FINALLY begun to land them in the real world, but they are swinging the very restrictive Win 10 S rules (buy all apps from the Windows store all over again).
These "buy all the software all over again" rules were written for Microsoft Win 10 S software for schools (but MS will allow you to upgrade to Win 10 Pro within 30 days
if you can stand all the slowness that comes with that choice). Yep, you are left with your old slow arsed software running emulation on you new, yet still slower Snapdragon 835 processor if you choose to take that pathway ......
Note please, these are still machines PROMISED FOR NEXT YEAR, they are not really available for sale or testing just yet ......
And yes, Win 10 ARM on Snapdragon 835 is slower that all other Win 10 machines out there -- quite a bit slower actually.Costs seen so far are comparable to a normal Intel processor equipped laptop -- in short they are really kinda expensive right now. YEP, $600 TO $800 per unit IS WHAT IS COMING OUT SOON FROM ASUS AND HP.
It is hoped that the aging 2+ year old Snapdragon 835 processors and very large amounts of competition from Chromebooks and Android phone/PCs will lower these initial Win 10 prices down into the upper Chromebook range
but this has not happened yet.
Microsoft really hopes Win 10 consumers are stupid and don't read all the reviews -- this is the only explanation that has kept Mickey going for the last 5 years as the cost of a Windows Laptop has doubled and doubled again and the real performance has kept lagging further behind, running slower and slower compared to Chromebooks.
What is coming? Lots of competition in the marketplace, some innovation on both sides and two completely new generations of Snapdragons with AI capabilities. (Snapdragon 845 and Snapdragon 855 to be precise)
Can Microsoft ever get current? Can they do better than being a whole year late in keeping up with the change wave? Coming out of the gate with a 2+ year old ARM chipset
just in time to greet its brand new ARM next generation AI replacement chipset jest isn't going to cut it, Mickey.
Not gonna cut it in any fashion at all ......
AMD is coming across as kinda sad too, they are slamming in a Qualcomm phone modem into their latest and greatest AMD integrated laptop chipset at the very last minute in an attempt to stay somewhat relevant. They are acting all shocked big time right now that somebody went and changed the whole game on them and
they didn't even read the email until just now.
HECK FIRE, Intel is not even sitting out in the starting gate with the other guys waiting for the starting gun. But Intel will shortly brown vapor announce the some of the same sorts of thing as AMD just did, but probably using their home grown (but not nearly as nice) phone modems.
Eventually, mebbe sometime soon, anyway. Mebbe.
The cutting edge right now is a 7nm-8nm AI powered ARM DynamIQ based cutting edge, and this makes up a clear and harsh dividing line in laptop computers right now. You either got it, or you don't.
The upcoming 20x-30x performance divide rests right here on this 7nm-8nm AI powered ARM DynamIQ based cutting edge.
Watch them ants all scramble as the Big Round DynamIQ Shadow with the small Bright AI Spot in the middle approaches them ..... and they will still be standing around in little groups still yelling at each other when their antenna start smoking and their heads explode .....
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oooh, that AI bright spot is so bright I cannot see anything else but brightAI is landing now, and you can tell it is really being driven by Automotive AI visual systems improvements right now because it is all graphics improvements on top of sensing improvements on top of directional/locational improvements.
2x-10x immediate improvements in video this and sensing that and video systems throughput, with only 30% increase in general compute power ringing through at the moment.
Your over the air updates will give you even better improvement numbers later on as the learning continues and the learned program results can come down to your phone in a nightly update.AI will show better results in other areas as soon as somebody actually wants it badly enough to go "learn" it, the AI systems are already sitting there and are being used for what people want done first right at the moment.
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Don't hold your breath, but the Snapdragon 845 is really an interim chipset which is slated to be replaced this year with the Snapdragon 855 which will be run at 7-8nm lithography when that comes out from Samsung later this year. Expect more out of that one as it is getting all the real development work from Qualcomm and Samsung at the moment.
Snapdragon 845 may be a stopgap, but it isn't a bad stopgap by any means.
The Snapdragon 845 is said to be offer a 30 percent boost in graphics performance, 30 percent better power efficiency, and 2.5 times faster in display throughput.