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2026-05-28
www.thurrott.com
2026-05-28
Thurrott.com
Well, that was quick: Qualcomm is expanding its Snapdragon chips for PCs with a new low-cost entry called Snapdragon C that’s designed for PCs that cost $300 and up. And it’s partnering with Acer, HP, and Lenovo to bring new PCs to market soon.
And no, “C” doesn’t stand for cheap. It stands for “Compute,” the name of the business within Qualcomm that makes its PC chips.
“As costs rise and custom
2026-05-28
www.cnet.com
2026-05-28
CNET
"C" stands for "compute" in Qualcomm's new Snapdragon C processor, which is aimed at low-cost laptops. (Acer mentioned a target price of around $300.) It appears to be a refreshed, possibly rebranded successor to the Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform. We'll hopefully learn more once an announcement is made.
The 8cx Compute Platform was the generation before Qualcomm finally delivered its high-perfo
2026-05-28
www.engadget.com
2026-05-28
Engadget
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Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon C for entry-level Windows laptops
Laptops using the processor will arrive later this year from Lenovo, Acer, HP and others.
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Steve Dent
May 28, 2026 9:00 am EST
Qualcomm
Apple's $599 ($499 for students) MacBook Neo changed people's expectations for budget laptops, and now we're seeing the PC industry's response. Qualcomm is launching the Snap
2026-05-28
www.theverge.com
2026-05-28
The Verge
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Qualcomm promises $300 Windows laptops with new Snapdragon C
Qualcomm says it’s ‘raising the bar’ for budget laptops.
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Sean Hollister
May 28, 2026, 9:00 PM GMT+8
Image: Qualcomm
Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.
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2026-05-28
tomshardware.com
2026-05-28
Matt Safford
The first Snapdragon C-powered laptop, the Aspire Go 15, delivers 512GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, plus a good collection of ports for a still-undisclosed ‘entry-tier price point.’
2026-05-28
www.fool.com
2026-05-28
The Motley Fool
Memory specialist Micron Technology has rightly grabbed much of the spotlight in recent conversations about how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the broader storage industry. But while investors talk about Micron, another company in the data storage space has quietly put together one of the more striking financial inflections in hardware.
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2026-05-28
digitimes.com
2026-05-28
SK Hynix is using Big Tech's rush to secure artificial intelligence (AI) memory supply as leverage for tougher long-term contracts, while resisting funding structures that could give major customers influence over its fabs or equipment.
2026-05-28
digitimes.com
2026-05-28
Solidigm, the enterprise storage brand under SK Hynix, announced a leadership reshuffle this spring, naming two executives as co-chief executive officers to divide responsibilities between global operations and commercial growth. One co-CEO was appointed in March 2026, and the other took office on May 1, with leadership stating the change aims to accelerate product execution and business performan
2026-05-27
tomshardware.com
2026-05-27
Luke James
The agreement allocates 10.5% of Samsung's semiconductor division operating profit as stock-based bonuses.
2026-05-27
www.benzinga.com
2026-05-27
Benzinga
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2026-05-27
eu.36kr.com
2026-05-27
eu.36kr.com
The market value of Micron, a major storage company, has exceeded $1 trillion, soaring eightfold in one year with the help of AI.
极客公园
2026-05-27 11:04
While everyone is eyeing GPUs, it's another chip that's truly choking AI.
Another company has entered the trillion - dollar club thanks to AI.
On May 26, 2026, Micron's stock price soared by 19% in a single day, and its market value exceeded $1 t
2026-05-27
news.google.com
2026-05-27
KED Global
2026-05-27
digitimes.com
2026-05-27
Transcend announced it will exhibit enterprise solid-state drives, DDR5 7200 memory, and embedded camera modules at COMPUTEX 2026 in the Storage and Management Solutions area, saying the showcase will demonstrate integrated capabilities in AI computing storage, high-speed transmission, and reliable data processing. The firm highlighted that as AI expands to endpoint applications, performance and s
2026-05-27
eetimes.com
2026-05-27
Gary Hilson
University of Saskatchewan will leverage quantum computing for health, defense, energy, and agriculture research.
2026-05-26
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2026-05-26
LinkedIn
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2026-05-26
www.thefastmode.com
2026-05-26
The Fast Mode
Stellantis and Qualcomm Technologies announced an expansion of their multi-year technology collaboration to power next-generation Stellantis vehicles with Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon® Digital Chassis™ system-on-chips (SoCs).
The expanded collaboration integrates Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions with STLA Brain, Stellantis’ electronic and software platform, enhancing cockpit, connectivit
2026-05-26
digitimes.com
2026-05-26
Powerchip announced it will present a "3D AI Foundry" showcase at COMPUTEX 2026 to demonstrate 3D wafer-on-wafer (WoW) DRAM stacking, interposers, and Si-cap integrated passive devices as part of an end-to-end offering for AI chips, addressing rising demand for GenAI and high-performance computing for memory capacity, bandwidth, and energy efficiency. The firm said it is leveraging its combined lo
2026-05-26
digitimes.com
2026-05-26
ADATA Technology said it will present a cloud-to-edge artificial intelligence ecosystem at COMPUTEX 2026, bringing together its enterprise storage brand TRUSTA, ADATA Industrial, gaming brand XPG, and AIoT unit ATrack to showcase hardware and software integrations across data centers, PCs, and edge devices. The company announced partnerships and cross-domain integrations with Nvidia, Intel, Advant
2026-05-26
digitimes.com
2026-05-26
Huawei has released itsData Storage 2030 white paper, setting out a technology roadmap for the global storage industry over the next five to 10 years, as AI large language models drive data creation into what the company calls the yottabyte era.
2026-05-26
digitimes.com
2026-05-26
The race to dominate next-generation NAND flash memory has long been measured in layers — and Samsung Electronics appears to be pulling ahead. The South Korean chipmaker has reportedly developed a 900-layer-class V-NAND prototype, a significant leap that brings the memory industry closer to the 1,000-layer threshold as chipmakers intensify efforts to pack more storage into smaller chips while cutt