Qualcomm didn’t do as well as it expected with the Snapdragon X Elite chip. With only 720,000 units sold, it has 0.8% of the market. Intel and AMD still dominate.
Qualcomm did not have the expected success with its Snapdragon X Elite chips. Despite ambitious plans to capture over 50% of the Windows market within five years, Qualcomm only achieved a 0.8% share in the third quarter of 2024 with 720,000 units sold. These are negligible numbers compared to Intel, AMD and Apple.
Interest in the so-called I have a PC however, it is growing. In the third quarter alone, 13.3 million devices with NPU-equipped processors were sold, which is a 20% increase over the previous period. However, Qualcomm is struggling with a lack of software support. For example, Microsoft has long delayed the release of the official version of Windows 11 for Arm devices, leaving X Elite users in the lurch and dissuading potential buyers. Linux support for Arm is also not great.
However, Qualcomm is not losing hope. It plans more affordable laptops with X Elite chips for next year. At the same time, it benefits from the acquisition of Nuvia and is also preparing the successor to the X Elite with the Oryon 3 architecture, which should arrive in 2025.
However, the compatibility issue remains. Just as Apple had to get developers on its side to optimize software, Qualcomm needs to work more closely with Microsoft. Even so, Windows has to contend with the giants Intel and AMD, who clearly lead not only in compatibility, but also in user trust.
Source: pctuning.cz
