Qualcomm confirms the arrival date of the first pcs with windows 10 and arm processors

At the end of last year, Microsoft and Qualcomm announced that they would start marketing Windows 10 computers and ARM processors starting in 2017. Now, Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf has confirmed that the first Windows 10 PC and Snapdragon 835 processor It is slated to debut in the fourth quarter of 2017.

The first PC with Windows 10 and Snapdragon 835 will arrive in the fourth quarter of 2017

This announcement was made during Qualcomm's last conference call, according to the Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha portal.

“We have the opportunity to become independent from the current providers of PCs and data centers. Our Snapdragon 835 is expanding into the landscape of Windows 10 mobile PCs, which will debut in the fourth quarter of this year. As for data centers, we have announced a collaboration with Microsoft and have demonstrated how Windows Server can run our Qualcomm Centriq processors based on a 10 nanometer process, making it the first 10nm processor for servers in the industry. ”

This new collaboration between Microsoft and Qualcomm was initially announced at WinHEC, and aims to create what Microsoft calls "cellular PCs. " The ability to run the Windows 10 operating system on ARM architectures represents a huge change for the platform, as Windows has typically only run on chips based on the x86 architecture.

The integration of Snapdragon 835 would allow Windows 10 to fully emulate all traditional Win32 (x86) games and applications to fully emulate all traditional Win32 (x86) games and applications. Also taking into account the roots of Snapdragon 835 in the mobile world, probably all the devices that bring Windows 10 in ARM will come with mobile connectivity, Bluetooth 5, greater autonomy and very fine designs.

Microsoft also confirmed last December that Windows 10 would have support for the use of electronic SIM cards or eSIM.

Nothing is known yet about Microsoft's official plans for the launch of PCs with mobile connectivity in collaboration with manufacturers such as Dell, HP or Lenovo, so at the moment it is difficult to know what type of device the CEO of Qualcomm refers to when He stated that it would arrive in the fourth quarter of this year. For now everything is valid, since we could see a Tablet, a hybrid device or an ultrabook with Snapdragon 835 and Windows 10.