Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm: What will the new Snapdragon X chip change?
October 25, 2023 at 03:06 pm EDT
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Qualcomm Inc (QCOM), stepping up its long-standing efforts to penetrate the PC market, has unveiled a new laptop processor designed to outperform competing products from Intel and Apple. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon talks about the new Snapdragon X processor, designed to fundamentally change the way personal computers work, with greater mobility, improved performance, and a separate engine for artificial intelligence (AI), called the NPU.
Qualcomm, Inc. specializes in the design, development, and marketing of CMDA systems and software. The CDMA technique consists of using a broad spectrum to broadcast code transmissions on numerous mobile communication frequencies. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of communication systems (83.8%): CDMA systems (integrated circuits, software and systems for wireless voice and data transmission, as well as multimedia functions), and wireless communication and Internet access systems (products intended for data transmission, satellite communications, decrypting activities, etc.);
- sale of licenses (16.2%): intended for manufacturers using CDMA technologies.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (3.3%), China and Hong Kong (63.6%), Vietnam (13.7%), South Korea (7.2%) and other (12.2%).