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May 24th, 2021 Qualcomm In late 2019, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8c and 7c, a pair of affordable chips for always-on Windows 10 PCs and Chromebooks. Today, the company is updating the latter of those two SoCs to improve performance. The Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 features a Kyro CPU that can achieve clock speeds of up to 2.55GHz. The company claims it delivers 10 percent faster performance than "most competing platforms." Qualcomm likely has processors from Intels Gemini Lake family in mind her...

Alongside today’s Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 SoC announcement, Qualcomm is also unveiling a new Windows 10-focused development kit. Collaborating with Microsoft, the two companies have put together the Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows 10, which true to its name, is designed to serve as a dev kit for application authors to more easily test Windows 10 on Arm programs. The pint-sized PC is expected to be available this summer. Overall, while devices based on Qualcomm’s Windows-capable Snapdragon ...

Qualcomm introduces the Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows May 24, 2021 11:50 EDT with 4 comments Windows 10 devices powered by ARM chipsets have been around for a few years at this point, but if youre a developer making apps for ARM-based Windows 10 PCs, it can be expensive to test them due to the price of most of those devices. To address that, Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon Developer Kit, an ARM-based PC reference design meant for testing ...

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Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows 10 on Arm PCs Qualcomm is taking a major stride into the development of the Windows 10 on ARM ecosystem as they announce the launch of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Developer Kit. Built in collaboration with Microsoft, the Snapdragon Developer Kit is designed to help developers better optimize and test their apps for Windows 10 on ARM PCs. With the Snapdragon Developer Kit, developers have a great tool to recompile, optimize, and test applicati...

Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central What you need to know Zoom Video Communications, Inc. will have an ARM-optimized Zoom app. That app will give native performance to Zoom, which businesses, schools, and individuals use for video conference calls. The app is slated to be released sometime "this summer." Late last year, Microsoft finally announced that its Teams app natively supports Qualcomm-based PCs — something long overdue. It appears Microsofts rival, Zoom Video Communications Inc.,...

Qualcomm has announced a small, standalone Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows 10 PCs. The device lets developers code, test, and optimize apps for Windows on ARM without needing to purchase an expensive 2-in-1 Qualcomm laptop with LTE. While no price was given, it will be cost-effective and available later this summer at the Microsoft Store. Microsoft and Qualcomm have teamed up to deliver something long belated: a proper Snapdragon Developer Kit. The compact mini PC is based on the new Snapd...