ASUS confirmed it will launch a Snapdragon X Elite-powered laptop on March 20

Microsoft will release the Snapdragon X series-powered Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 on May 20. We have been hearing about the development for a while now. But it turns out that Microsoft isn’t the only company to announce their new Windows on Arm machine powered by the new Snapdragon X series chips. ASUS has now officially confirmed that it will join the virtual launch event on May 20, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. PST.

The launch event will be a collaboration between Qualcomm Microsoft and ASUS. Other manufacturers such as Lenovo may also join the event with their contribution to the Windows on Arm platform.

The tagline from ASUS for the upcoming launch event goes “Next Level. AI Incredible.” The company is focusing on “innovative AI functions” alongside improved performance with its new Windows on Arm machine. According to the company, it will be an ‘ultraportable’ premium laptop.

During the virtual launch event, ASUS will be accompanied by distinguished speakers from industry giants such as Qualcomm and Microsoft, who will likely focus on the benefits of the Windows on Arm platform and the inclusion of artificial intelligence in PCs. The event will also share the collaborative efforts of the companies in rejuvenating the Arm-based platform.

For those unfamiliar with the development, there are two new Arm-based processors from Qualcomm – the Snapdragon X Elite and a slightly more affordable Snapdragon X Plus. The X Elite chip equips 12 Qualcomm Oryon CPU cores and the X Plus offers 10 of them. The latter one also runs at slightly lower clock speeds. Based on the benchmark listings we have come across so far and the ones Qualcomm themselves have shown off so far, both the performance and power efficiency look promising.

However, there hasn’t been much information about how (in which setup) the tests were performed and there have also been reports that some of the capabilities the company has shown off could be misleading. Nonetheless, we will soon get to see how the new chips perform in real life as laptop manufacturers power their devices with them.

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