Qualcomm will renew its Snapdragon X2 with Refresh variants before the arrival of the Snapdragon X3
For several months there has been talk at length about the new NVIDIA processors with Arm architecturebut that would integrate powerful GPUs taking advantage of your generation Blackwell. The NVIDIA RTX Spark They are already a reality recently presented in the COMPUTEXbut Qualcomm It seems that it also wants to push its latest processors Snapdragon X2 Seriesoffering a variant Refresh which will presumably arrive at the same time as the NVIDIA solutions.
Qualcomm prepares the Snapdragon X2 Refresh to compete with NVIDIA RTX Spark
This seems like a response from the manufacturer to the presentation of the processors NVIDIAand that will offer some renewed variants before launching into the series Snapdragon X3 next generation. According to the post in X/Twitter of Reptalicano new code names appear for Snapdragon processors, but there are current references that have adopted the surname Refresh. With this it is expected that some of the current Snapdragon X2 have a review for the end of the year or maybe 2027.
Kalambo, Mahua and Glymur will be the first renewed variants
The snapdragon that will have this renewed version are the Kalambo, Mahua and Glymur. In the list of the post we can see the XG291034 and XG291036 as references Mahua Refresh of 12 cores next to the notation 16×8 LP5X ESwhich we put refers to a maximum of 128GB LPDDR5X memory. he XG291042 it’s a Mahua Refresh of 10 cores with the same type of memory.
In addition to these, other references to the current ones also appear. Snapdragon X2 Series. It appears that this documentation appears on at least one equipment manufacturer OEMconfirming this leaked configuration Refresh for some Snapdragon X2 Series. There is also an updated version of the NVIDIA N1 also known as RTX Spark.
Snapdragon X2 Refresh could arrive at the end of the year or in 2027
Taking into account that the RTX Spark will appear by the end of the year, this also suggests that Qualcomm have these prepared Snapdragon X2 Refresh for the same date, or perhaps to release the 2027 with some renewed processors of the current X2 Series.
Juan Antonio Soto
I am a Computer Engineer and my specialty is automation and robotics. My passion for hardware began at the age of 14 when I broke down my first computer: a 386 DX 40 with 4MB of RAM and 210MB of hard drive. I continue to give free rein to my passion in the technical articles I write for Geeknetic. I dedicate most of my free time to video games, contemporary and retro, on the more than 20 consoles I have, in addition to the PC.
