Qualcomm and Microsoft's partnership to drive Windows on ARM PCs with the Snapdragon Mobile Platform is being taken up a notch today, with the announcement of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 Mobile Platform for Always-Connected Windows 10 PCs. That may be a mouthful, but this platform-optimized solution promises to bring the vision of the always connected, ultra-thin, 24 hour+ battery life Snapdragon Windows machine to life, with significant performance gains. QualcommNo, This Isn't Windows RT Redux - Get That Out Of Your HeadEarly on in their introductions, some folks assumed this was a similar approach to Microsoft's failed efforts with Windows RT of days gone by, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Windows RT looked like Windows 8, but only a couple of the enhancements that came with 8.1 were added to RT. The company says we can expect Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 Mobile Platform Windows 10 PCs to ship in market later this year.

Source: Forbes June 05, 2018 14:15 UTC