ARM Notebook Project with Snapdragon X Elite SoC Put on Hold Due to Linux Compatibility Issues
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A company announces it is putting its ARM notebook project on hold after 18 months of development using Qualcomm's Snapdragon X1 Elite SoC. The decision stems from technical challenges with the ARM architecture on Linux, including disappointing battery runtime performance and lack of viable BIOS update solutions for Linux systems.
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Development turned out to be challenging due to the different architecture, and in the end, the first-generation X1E proved to be less suitable for Linux than expected.
In particular, the long battery runtimes—usually one of the strong arguments for ARM devices—were not achieved under Linux.
A viable approach for BIOS updates under Linux is also missing at this point.
Discontinuation of ARM Notebook with Snapdragon X Elite SoC: In the past 18 months, we have been working on an ARM notebook based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X1 Elite SoC (X1E). At this point, we are putting the project on hold. There are several ...
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