The second-generation Snapdragon X SoC will increase core counts dramatically to take on AMD and Intel performance dominance on mobile—and even desktop.

Qualcomm is reportedly developing its next-generation high-end processor for Windows PCs, the Snapdragon X2. The new chip is expected to feature a significant increase in core count, boasting up to 18 Oryon V3 cores.

Qualcomm's partnerships with China's emerging automakers were instrumental in its evolution into a car-grade chip manufacturer.

Equities researchers at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of QUALCOMM in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 26th. Zacks Research analyst R.

The newly announced Dragonwing FWA Gen 4 Elite is Qualcomm's fourth generation platform, that is equipped with a quad-core processor with dedicated network acceleration. It also has a Hexagon NPU that can deliver up to 40 TOPS AI processing. The firm has equipped the Dragonwing FWA Gen 4 Elite with the new Qualcomm X85 5G Modem-RF.

Dragonwing is the world’s first 5G-advanced FWA platform, featuring on-device AI-enhanced traffic classification, 40 TOPS edge AI integration, and surpasses downlink speeds up to 12.5 Gbps.