Snapdragon 8cx hands-on: Windows on Arm gets serious

What can you expect from “the most extreme Snapdragon” ever to be found in a notebook? Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx reference designs may not stand out at first glance – think sober Lenovo Yoga-esque convertibles, fanless and unobtrusive with their metallic grey casings – but make no mistake, this is a big deal in connected, ultra mobile computing.

Qualcomm isn’t shy about talking up the Snapdragon 8cx’s potency, certainly. Twice as powerful as before, despite also being 60-percent more power efficient, it checks all the existing Windows on Arm boxes of multi-day battery life and always-on connectivity. However it also marks a tipping point from the consumer-centric focus we’ve seen so far, to aggressively courting enterprise customers with deep pockets.

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