Finance Association, January 7 (Editor Niu Zhanlin) On Monday local time, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, $Qualcomm (QCOM.US)$ Announcing the launch of the new artificial intelligence (AI) chip Snapdragon X, which aims to provide personal computers (PCs) with powerful computing power, enable them to run the latest AI software, and enable more users to enjoy the AI-enabled PC experience at a lower cost.

According to reports, the Snapdragon X is manufactured using a 4 nm process and is equipped with Qualcomm's Oryon CPU. It has 8 cores and a maximum main frequency of 3 GHz, providing powerful computing performance for the next generation of PCs.

Qualcomm says Snapdragon X will support$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$Copilot+ software. Copilot+ is an AI assistant developed by Microsoft based on generative artificial intelligence to help users complete complex tasks.

Additionally, including Acer, Asus,$Dell Technologies (DELL.US)$with$LENOVO GROUP (00992.HK)$PC manufacturers including these will use this AI chip, and the price of PCs equipped with Snapdragon X is expected to be as low as 600 US dollars. The product is expected to be launched in early 2025, which means users will soon be able to experience it.

CES is the world's largest consumer electronics exhibition, attracting many technology companies to showcase the latest technology and products every year. Qualcomm chose to release this news at CES, marking the company's deep layout in the PC market, and also heralds the deep integration and popularization of AI technology in the PC field.

For a long time, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon has been driving the company's diversification, particularly increasing PC market share. He hopes Qualcomm can find new areas of growth beyond smartphone chips to reduce risk and dependency in the single market.

Smartphones are Qualcomm's main source of revenue, especially in the high-end mobile phone market, where Qualcomm's Snapdragon series chips dominate. However, as the smartphone market gradually becomes saturated, Qualcomm faces the challenge of slowing growth.

At present, Qualcomm has received widespread support from PC manufacturers and Microsoft, and devices that entered the market last year have also received positive reviews. However, in competition with Intel and AMD, Qualcomm has yet to significantly shake the market share of these two companies.

In addition to the new laptop, Qualcomm customers will also be offering a new small desktop computer based on the Snapdragon X. In addition, Qualcomm will further meet the needs of high-performance devices through high-end chips such as the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus.

Qualcomm emphasized that its chips can maintain a high level of performance while providing long battery life, especially in the mobile device field.

Earlier on Monday, Intel announced the launch of a new chip and claimed to have regained the advantage in battery life. However, Qualcomm objected to this, saying that its chip can keep working at full power even when the laptop is not plugged in, while Intel's processor requires reduced performance to save power.

Edit/Jeffy