Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 5G Compute Platform Debuts With Lenovo

Lenovo kicked off Computex 2019 by showing off a working prototype of the worlds first 5G-connected PC. The PC is the outcome of Project Limitless, a years-long collaboration between Lenovo and Qualcomm to develop a new class of 5G connected PCs that are always-on, always-connected. The ACPC is powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 5G compute platform along with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 5G modem for connectivity. The coming in early 2020.

At Lenovo, we dont innovate for the sake of technology alone. Everything we do is about improving peoples experience, said Johnson Jia, senior vice president and general manager, Consumer Business of Intelligent Devices Group, Lenovo. With real 5G in a PC2, its all about satisfying users need for speed: faster file transfers and streaming in 4K, 8K and even AR/VR; faster and higher quality video chats on-the-go; even faster screen refreshes for mobile gaming. When we say limitless connectivity, we mean it 5G PC users the world-over will save time, stay productive, or get online entertainment from nearly anywhere, at any time.

The performance on the Snapdragon 8cx looks to be pretty solid as well as it competes nicely against the Intel Core i5-8250U ‘Kaby Lake’ processor in PCMark 10.