Chromebooks Powered by Snapdragon 845 May Launch Next Year

Qualcomm may not have been a spec on Intel'due south radar a decade ago, only the explosion of the smartphone sector has made the San Diego-based chipmaker i of the biggest threats to the Santa Clara-based tech giant's domination of the logic flake market. While Intel struggled to establish a presence in the smartphone market, leading to an eventual leave from the segment altogether, Qualcomm has steadily been spreading its tentacles into what was once strictly Intel's (and AMD's, to a lesser extent) domain: traditional desktop and laptop computers.

With ARM-based Windows x laptops all set to launch with Qualcomm'south Snapdragon 835 fries and Xiaomi rumored to launch its own Windows x laptops with the Snapdragon 845 sometime next year, yous might have thought that this is equally good as it will e'er get for Qualcomm in 2018. Withal, latest reports at present seem to suggest that the company may have even more good news for its investors and well-wishers in the coming twelvemonth.

Ii new merged commits to the Chromium codebase seem to evidence support for a new board named 'cheza' that runs 'chipset-qc845'. As can exist seen from the screengrabs below, in that location are several more than references to 'chipset-qc845' alongside mentions of 'chromiumos-qualcomm64', which, taken together, are a clear giveaway that Chrome Bone may be adding support for Qualcomm's upcoming pinnacle-finish SoC. And that tin can only hateful one thing – the Snapdragon 845 is coming to a Chromebook near you.

Unlike Windows x on ARM, though, which is a novel concept that is only now coming to fruition (notwithstanding the disaster that was Windows RT), Chrome Bone on ARM has been common for a long time, with chips like the Rockchip RK3288-C powering some of the lower-end Chromebooks similar the ASUS C201 that is currently listed on Amazon for $227.99. There's besides the Rockchip RK3399 that powers the $400 Samsung Chromebook Plus, among other devices.

Source: https://beebom.com/chromebook-snapdragon-845-laptops-next-year/

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