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The latest Qualcomm news, : Powerlattice raises $86M to cut AI chip power use by over 50%.
20 stories mentioning Qualcomm since 22 September 2026, newest first, each with its sources and discussion. Follow to see new ones on your front page.
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Powerlattice raises $86M to cut AI chip power use by over 50%
Powerlattice, a Vancouver-based startup, secured $86 million in funding, according to an SEC filing. The round nearly triples the $31 million raised in November 2025, including a $25 million Series A led by Playground…
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TSMC may raise advanced packaging prices by 10%-20%, report says
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is reportedly preparing to increase prices for its Chip on Wafer on Substrate (CoWoS) advanced packaging process by 10% to 20%. According to a report by Taiwan's China…
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Nvidia reportedly explores buying edge-AI chipmaker Ambarella for physical AI expansion
Nvidia may be considering acquiring Ambarella, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in low-power edge-AI chips for cars, cameras, and robotics, according to a post by Betaville and Goldman Sachs. The move would…
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Google releases ML Drift GPU inference engine as open-source
google has released ml drift gpu inference engine as open-source under apache 2.0, infoq reported on october 25 2026. it replaces the tflite gpu delegate, which will no longer receive new features. ml drift offers a…
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ASUS offers ProArt P16 laptop with NVIDIA RTX Spark, starting at $2,800
The reviewer examined ASUS’s new ProArt P16, the first notebook to ship with NVIDIA’s RTX Spark system‑on‑chip. In benchmark testing the laptop lagged behind an earlier ASUS A16 on PCMark 10 Applications by about 3,000…
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Microsoft adds engineers and sales‑chat prompts after sales staff stopped using Copilot
Microsoft rolled out its Copilot AI assistant to its sales force, but employees stopped using it because they didn’t see it as useful in their workflow, said Katy George, corporate vice president of AI and work…
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Qualcomm announces global performance-based layoffs as it pivots to AI data centers
Qualcomm told staff it will begin a worldwide performance‑focused reduction after its annual reviews, with notifications expected in November. CEO Cristiano Amon said the move targets employees who have consistently…
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Microsoft readies Windows for Nvidia RTX Spark laptops with agent start-up
The launch introduced a new “Get Started” experience that lets users find, install, and launch AI agents from the Windows Store in just two clicks, initially supporting Hermes, Perplexity and OpenClaw. Microsoft’s team…
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Huawei agrees multi-year patent licence deal with Qualcomm
On Monday, Huawei Technologies announced a multi‑year patent licence agreement with Qualcomm. The deal covers intellectual property in AI, 5G, computing and networking technologies. It marks Huawei’s first 5G licensing…
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Unitree Robotics stock plummets 40% in September, wiping $20B
Unitree Robotics, a Chinese humanoid robot maker, saw its shares drop nearly 40% in September 2026 from their first-day closing price on August 19. This decline erased roughly $20 billion in market value from that…
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Microsoft may drop Surface Laptop Ultra at Oct. 7 event
Microsoft is hosting its first dedicated laptop event in two years on Oct. 7 in San Francisco, where it will showcase Windows and Surface devices but not Windows 12. The focus is on local AI shaping the PC, with CEO…
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Google's Intrinsic open-sources robot control stack as NVIDIA buys Hugging Face
Google subsidiary Intrinsic released Intrinsic Core under Apache 2.0 at ROSCon 2026 in Toronto on September 22. The stack includes real-time control, motion and grasp planning, pose estimation via NVIDIA…
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Microsoft CEO predicts AI agent market may exceed cloud revenue
Satya Nadella told Search on September 25 that Microsoft’s enterprise AI agent market could eventually surpass cloud revenue by a wide margin. The claim comes as Azure’s fiscal year 2026 revenue topped $100 billion,…
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PrismML launches 1-bit Bonsai LLM for Qualcomm smart glasses
PrismML, a lab founded by Caltech researchers and advised by UC Berkeley’s Ion Stoica, unveiled a version of its tiny language models that can run on Qualcomm‑powered smart glasses. At Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit on…
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Microsoft drops Copilot+ PC branding from 2026 Surface systems despite meeting hardware requirements
Microsoft has removed the Copilot+ PC branding from its 2026 Surface laptops and tablets, confirming the devices still meet the original hardware requirements including an NPU with at least 40 TOPS, 16GB of RAM, and…
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Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 chipset for audio wearables
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2, the second generation of its Snapdragon Sound Elite line, as a chipset aimed at audio wearables, or “hearables.” The company says the SoC can deliver up to 2 ×…
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Microsoft shows Snapdragon X2 Surface laptops running AI workloads locally
Microsoft demonstrated Snapdragon X2-powered Surface laptops at the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, showcasing local AI capabilities for creative workflows. Demos included haptic feedback in the touchpad and pen, Phone Link…
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Microsoft releases Snapdragon X2 Plus-powered Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch
Microsoft and Qualcomm have revealed the Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch with the Snapdragon X2 Plus chip, an upgrade from the 2024 Snapdragon X Plus models. The devices were shown at Qualcomm's…
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Qualcomm launches two Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips built for on-device agentic AI
Qualcomm announced two flagship smartphone processors, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, both built on a 2-nanometer process. The chips feature custom Oryon CPUs, rearchitected…
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Microsoft adds AI video upscaling to Clipchamp on Windows 11
Microsoft introduced Video Super Resolution, an AI‑powered upscaling feature for the Clipchamp Windows app on September 21, 2026. The tool converts low‑resolution clips to 1080p or 4K by processing them locally on the…
1 sourcebetanews.com
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As of 30 October 2026: Powerlattice raises $86M to cut AI chip power use by over 50%. Powerlattice, a Vancouver-based startup, secured $86 million in funding, according to an SEC filing.