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What does the \u201cC\u201d in Qualcomm\u2019s all-new Snapdragon C chips stand for? \u201cCompute.\u201d As if Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon X series chips weren\u2019t \u201ccomputer\u201d enough for today\u2019s PC market, the company now hopes to claim a stake in the sudden boomtown of budget-end laptops (that\u2014hopefully\u2014aren\u2019t just flimsy pieces of crap).<\/p>\n

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Qualcomm isn\u2019t offering any real details or hardware specifics about what to expect from Snapdragon C, one of its new reveals\u00a0at\u00a0Computex 2026. The chip was built for laptops that cost \u201c$300 and up,\u201d a market currently dominated by Apple\u2019s $600 MacBook Neo. With that price point in mind, PC maker Acer is the first out the door. It\u2019s showing off its Acer Aspire Go 15, featuring Qualcomm\u2019s new chip, at the computing show.<\/p>\n

At first glance, the Aspire Go 15 is an ultrathin laptop with MacBook Neo-like specs, including 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. However, Acer promises this ARM-based notebook comes with a 15.6-inch display\u2014larger than the 13-inch Neo\u2019s\u2014and an extra HDMI 1.4 port that\u2019s missing on Apple\u2019s budget notebook. At the same time, it features a smaller 1,200p resolution than the Neo\u2019s 2,408 x 1,506. The company isn\u2019t yet ready to reveal whether Aspire sports anything like the sturdy all-aluminum chassis that made the budget MacBook such a hit. It also hasn\u2019t shared pricing yet, though it promised we\u2019ll know more \u201cat a later date.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nobody else seems to want to share more than the basics either. In a video call with tech media, Qualcomm was hesitant to describe the exact specs of the Snapdragon C. The chipmaker\u2019s head of PC products, Mandar Deshpande, confirmed that the platform was not using Qualcomm\u2019s Oryon CPU cores. That\u2019s the CPU used in the company\u2019s latest high-end PC and mobile CPUs, including the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Snapdragon X2. The Aspire Go 15\u2019s stated specs indicate that the chip features a variety of Qualcomm Adreno GPUs, though we don\u2019t expect it to be anywhere close to a graphics powerhouse.<\/p>\n

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Deshpande did say that the makeup of this chip would be \u201csimilar\u201d to that of Qualcomm\u2019s other non-flagship chips that lack Oryon CPU cores. Still, it\u2019s unclear whether Qualcomm would take a page from Apple and base its new chip on its current mobile platforms (geared toward a larger-screen experience). Apple\u2019s A18 Pro chip has proved perfectly capable of performing all the basic tasks you need on a laptop like the MacBook Neo, all the way up through light video editing.<\/p>\n

Qualcomm\u2019s \u201cpurpose-built platform for entry-tier users\u201d will also compete against Intel\u2019s Wildcat Lake chips\u00a0for lower-end PCs.\u00a0But even if they can outperform the MacBook Neo, what\u2019s more important for these low-cost PCs is not to look, sound, or feel like some flimsy plastic with a bad screen.<\/p>\n

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