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Qualcomm Launches the 2 nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and 8 Elite Gen 6
Maui County, Hawaii, United StatesQualcomm
Starts 09/22/2026 8:00PM CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE3 days agoThe release is dated 'Sep 22, 2026 | MAUI' ('unveiled today') and Qualcomm's^[1][2][3][4] page stamps it 20:00 UTC, the 10:00 AM HT mobile keynote at Snapdragon Summit.
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Semiconductors09/25/2026@TechDesk
Qualcomm Launches the Snapdragon X2 Plus at CES 2026
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Starts 01/05/2026 5:00PM CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE263 days agoThe release is datelined 'Jan 5, 2026 | LAS VEGAS' ('At CES, Qualcomm^[1][2][3] Technologies, Inc. announced the Snapdragon X2 Plus platform') and Qualcomm's page stamps it 17:00 UTC.
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Semiconductors09/25/2026@TechDesk
Qualcomm Unveils the 5 GHz Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite PC Chips
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Starts 09/24/2025 8:30PM CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoThe release is datelined MAUI and Qualcomm's^[1][2][3][4] page stamps it 24 Sep 2025 20:30 UTC, the 10:30 AM HT Product Announcements Keynote at Snapdragon Summit 2025.
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Semiconductors09/25/2026@TechDesk
Qualcomm Launches the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 at Snapdragon Summit
Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa, 200, Nohea Kai Drive, Lahaina, Maui County, Hawaii, 96761, United StatesQualcomm
Starts 09/24/2025 8:30PM CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoThe release is datelined MAUI and Qualcomm's^[1][2][3][4] page stamps it 24 Sep 2025 20:30 UTC, the 10:30 AM HT start of the summit's Product Announcements Keynote.
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Snapdragon Summit 2025 in Maui
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Maui County, Hawaii, United StatesQualcomm
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Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 for AI Earbuds and Glasses
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Qualcomm N, 5775, Morehouse Drive, Barnes Canyon, Sorrento Mesa, San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92121, United StatesQualcomm
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Starts 05/19/2025 6:00AM CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoCOMPUTEX's organiser says 'The keynote will be on 14:00, May 19, (UTC+8), at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2, 7F', and Qualcomm's^[2][3] release lists 'May 19 from 2-3 p.m. Taiwan time'.
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Qualcomm
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The Snapdragon brand is synonymous with performance. It creates anxiety that competing SoCs feel deep down in their silicon substrate. But can Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 805 maintain its dominance in the Android-based smartphone market?
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BMW Names Qualcomm Its Lead Chip Supplier for Cockpits and Automated Driving
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Starts 07/29/2026 1:00PM CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE58 days agoNasdaq's^[2] copy of the release is stamped 'Published Jul 29, 2026 9:00am EDT'; the release says the companies 'today announced a major agreement'.
BMW Group chose Qualcomm as the lead compute silicon provider for its next-generation digital cockpit and driver-assistance and automated-driving systems through the next decade, across Snapdragon Cockpit and Snapdragon Ride.
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The release is dated Jun 16, 2026 ('Qualcomm^[1][2][3][4] Technologies Inc. today announced at Augmented World Expo the Snapdragon Reality Elite Platform') and Qualcomm's page stamps it 17:00 UTC.

Start: Jun 16, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon Reality Elite XR Chip at AWE 2026

At Augmented World Expo 2026 in Long Beach, Qualcomm launched Snapdragon Reality Elite, an XR platform with 48 TOPS of on-device AI and 4.4K-per-eye graphics that will power XREAL's Project Aura Android XR glasses.

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon Reality Elite Platform at Augmented World Expo 2026 in Long Beach, for all-in-one video-see-through headsets and tethered optical-see-through glasses^[1][4][5]
It is first in XREAL's Project Aura Android XR glasses, launching later in 2026, and in an upcoming Play For Dream device^[1]
Ziad Asghar cited more than 60 million XR devices already in the market^[1]

Notable features

Up to 48 TOPS of on-device AI, running large language and vision models locally^[1][2]
Up to 60% more GPU, 30% more CPU and 160% more NPU performance than Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2^[1]
Visuals up to 4.4K per eye at 90 fps, with lower-latency video see-through^[1][2]
Up to 20% longer battery life at the same workload and a chipset up to 12 C cooler under load^[1]
CPU with 4+2 performance cores up to 2.9 GHz, support for 12 concurrent cameras, Wi-Fi 7^[2]

@TechDesk

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qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/06/qualcomm-takes-spatial-computing-into-the-ai-era-with-snapdragon
qualcomm.com· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Jun 16, 2026 ✓· 20% of score
The release is dated Jun 16, 2026 ('Qualcomm^[2][3][4] Technologies Inc. today announced at Augmented World Expo the Snapdragon Reality Elite Platform') and Qualcomm's page stamps it 17:00 UTC.
[2]90%
Snapdragon Reality Elite product brief (Qualcomm, PDF)
qualcomm.com· Added Sep 25, 2026· 20% of score
Spec sheet: up to 4.4K x 4.4K per eye at 90 Hz; 4+2 performance cores up to 2.9 GHz; 48 TOPS; 12 concurrent cameras; Wi-Fi 7; LPDDR5 up to 4.2 GHz.^[1]
[3]82%
Snapdragon Reality Elite product page (Qualcomm)
qualcomm.com· Added Sep 25, 2026· 20% of score
The product page for the platform.^[1]
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Snapdragon Reality Elite takes center stage at AWE 2026 (Qualcomm)
qualcomm.com· Added Sep 25, 2026· 20% of score
Qualcomm's^[1][2][3] recap from Long Beach: launched at AWE 2026; XREAL Aura is the first device on the platform.
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AWE USA 2026 (AWE)
awexr.com· Added Sep 25, 2026· 20% of score
The organiser: 'AWE USA 2026 | June 15 - 18 Long Beach, California'.^[1]

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Maui County, Hawaii, United StatesQualcomm
Starts 09/22/2026 8:00PM CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE3 days agoThe release is dated 'Sep 22, 2026 | MAUI' ('unveiled today') and Qualcomm's^[1][2][3][4] page stamps it 20:00 UTC, the 10:00 AM HT mobile keynote at Snapdragon Summit.
Qualcomm unveiled two flagship phone chips at Snapdragon Summit 2026 - the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and 8 Elite Gen 6 - on a 2 nm process with 5 GHz Oryon cores, the X105 modem and Wi-Fi 8, for phones from Xiaomi, OnePlus, OPPO, vivo, Honor and Motorola.
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Starts 01/05/2026 5:00PM CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE263 days agoThe release is datelined 'Jan 5, 2026 | LAS VEGAS' ('At CES, Qualcomm^[1][2][3] Technologies, Inc. announced the Snapdragon X2 Plus platform') and Qualcomm's page stamps it 17:00 UTC.
At CES 2026 Qualcomm added the Snapdragon X2 Plus to its PC line, a 3 nm chip with up to 10 Oryon cores and an 80 TOPS NPU that brings X2-series performance and multi-day battery life to lower-priced Copilot+ laptops from the first half of 2026.
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Qualcomm Unveils the 5 GHz Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite PC Chips
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Starts 09/24/2025 8:30PM CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoThe release is datelined MAUI and Qualcomm's^[1][2][3][4] page stamps it 24 Sep 2025 20:30 UTC, the 10:30 AM HT Product Announcements Keynote at Snapdragon Summit 2025.
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Starts 09/24/2025 8:30PM CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoThe release is datelined MAUI and Qualcomm's^[1][2][3][4] page stamps it 24 Sep 2025 20:30 UTC, the 10:30 AM HT start of the summit's Product Announcements Keynote.
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Starts 07/31/2014 CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE12.2 years agoHappened as dated, per tomshardware.com^[1]: the preview's own publication date is 31 July 2014 ("2014-07-31T07:00:00Z").
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