Watch out Intel! The new PC revolution has begun and you are not included. Well, that is perhaps an overstatement, but this new class of laptop is here with more coming.
A year ago, Microsoft announced it would partner with ARM chip manufacturer Qualcomm to begin making computers equipped with ARM processors. If you are not familiar with ARM chips, you already own at least one as they pretty much are in all smartphones. Apple’s iPhones use their own brand of ARM chips whereas most Android phones use ARM chips manufactured by Qualcomm.
The latest flagship Android smartphones all use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip…a variation of it is powering these new Windows-based laptops. The advantage of these chips over Intel is they are smaller, run cooler and don’t need a cooling fan, and have incredibly long battery life. These first laptops offer an incredible 22 hours of battery life!
Reporters at the unveiling of the new computers say they are just average in speed and performance. As a “Version 1” products, this is not a surprise. But, at their unveiling, Qualcomm also announced a new Snapdragon 845 chip, due out in the next few months, will offer a 30% improvement in performance with no change in battery life. If these laptops are of interest to you, I would definitely wait for the arrival of the 845 processor.
Intel should definitely be worried. They have tried and failed to make a similar chip for both mobile and PC’s…which is why Microsoft began moving towards ARM-based processors. Intel is still king for all PC’s and laptops, but that could change as more and more of these ARM-based computers become available. Apple might also make the move to ARM computers in their laptops. Intel could easily find their market share falling in the future.
We shall do our best to keep you informed of this latest trend in mobile computing, so stay tuned. -JRC
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