The Qualcomm Snapdragon
As always, there have been plenty of announcements and product reveals at Computex this year, but it’s not just the big brands attending the show; there are also plenty of smaller companies vying for the world’s attention.
One of these is German PC maker Schenker, which showed off its prototype laptop powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Elite chip. While most people would expect Qualcomm’s latest processor to be used exclusively for Windows systems, given the heavy push for Copilot+PCs, this development model runs on Linux and seems destined to be sold by Tuxedo Computers.
The prototype notebook has a high-quality all-aluminum chassis and weighs only 1.36 kg. It is powered by the Snapdragon X Elite, which has 12 cores and a TDP of 20W. The 14-inch 16:10 IPS display (2560 x 1600) offers a maximum brightness of 400 nits and 100% sRGB coverage.
There are still some wrinkles to be ironed out
The Tuxedo prototype comes with 32GB of LPDDR5X RAM and storage is via an M.2-2280 Gen 4 slot. In terms of ports, it offers HDMI and USB4, plus at least two USB-A ports (one on each side), but beyond that we’re not sure, and of course the specs may change in the final version. It comes with a lightweight 50Wh battery.
There’s no word on pricing or availability, as the Linux development project is described as “currently underway,” hence the prototype tag.
ComputerBase took some photos of the laptop at Computex and noted: βThe prototype was running Debian when we visited, but it was unbootable and in a loop. There is still a need for much better support for Linux and notebook developers from Qualcomm, whose current focus is squarely on Windows, Copilot+ and AI on Windows.β