2024 was a banner yr for Qualcomm at Computex, with the large launch of its Snapdragon X Elite laptop computer processors placing it on the forefront of the occasion. In actual fact, Qualcomm’s keynote presentation final yr was so spectacular that I declared them the winners of the occasion, with visitor stars from makes of lots of the finest laptops together with Microsoft, HP, Dell, and Asus showing alongside Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon.

Throughout right now’s keynote at Computex 2025, issues had been slightly extra subdued. No thrilling chip bulletins right here; as a substitute, Amon obtained up on stage and mentioned the (admittedly fairly good) progress Qualcomm has made with the Snapdragon platform over the previous yr. A key issue he pointed to was the fast development in apps supported on the Snapdragon X Elite platform, together with the now 1,400+ video games which are playable on Snapdragon laptops.

Very similar to final yr, Amon showcased Qualcomm’s spectacular pull within the Home windows computing market regardless of solely getting into the CPU combat with Intel and AMD final yr. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made a quick look within the presentation, together with executives from Asus and HP.

There have been additionally some cheeky jabs at Intel and Apple (the latter concerning the truth that Fortnite is totally playable on Snapdragon {hardware}), plus the same old slew of company drivel about how AI is revolutionizing… one thing. Truthfully, I type of tuned out for a bit there, till Amon fired up a laptop computer stay on stage which proceeded to ask him (presumably human-curated) questions on Qualcomm’s AI {hardware} in a synthy robotic voice. Fairly cool, I assume, however what actually caught my consideration was a teaser on the very finish of the keynote presentation.

What’s subsequent for Snapdragon

So, whereas we obtained no new chips from Qualcomm at Computex, it appears like we now have a tacitly introduced date for the subsequent era of Snapdragon X systems-on-a-chip (SoCs). It’s September 23: the date of Qualcomm’s personal occasion, Snapdragon Summit, which can happen in Hawaii.

What precisely are we getting in September? Amon wouldn’t say, solely that “the revolution continues” and “I promise you that you may be impressed”. Nonetheless, there are some fairly affordable assumptions that I’m prepared to make right here.

Whereas naming conventions are nonetheless a bit up within the air (since we’re solely a single era into Qualcomm’s Home windows laptop computer chips), the present standard assumption is that the next-gen SoCs will use the ‘Snapdragon X2’ moniker, so I’ll simply go together with that right here. I count on the preliminary launch to function each X2 Elite and X2 Plus chips for the premium and midrange laptop computer markets, with broad integration throughout nearly all of productiveness laptop computer producers; Dell’s XPS collection, Asus’s Zenbooks, Lenovo’s Yoga line, the works.

A ‘fundamental’ Snapdragon X2 chip will possible observe a bit additional down the road (just like how the Snapdragon X chip was introduced at CES in January this yr), offering a extra budget-conscious various. However I’m most within the rumored 2nd-gen Snapdragon X Elite chip for desktops…