* Snapdragon X Elite for Linux: Taming the Beast

The mythical power of dragons meets the open-world freedom of Linux! In this video, we dive deep into the Snapdragon X Elite processor running on Linux. The Snapdragon Elite X promises:

* Blazing Fast Performance: Watch your favorite apps soar to new heights
* Everyday Productivity: Experience seamless multitasking and lightning-fast application launches, making your workflow a breeze.
* Battery Life that Roars: Unleash your productivity and entertainment without worrying about running out of juice.
* Linux Compatibility: See how major Linux distributions run on the Snapdragon X Elite, opening a world of possibilities.

AI Thumbnail: The red dragon setting a blaze the established norms by the PC Titans (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA)

00:00 - Intro
01:44 - Snapdragon Elite X On Linux
02:27 - What makes Snapdragon the "New Sheriff in Town"
03:25 - AI is Pervasive even on open source apps
04:25 - What does Linux Torvalds think about AI on Linux?
05:55 - Arm on the Linux Desktop
06:14 - How fast is Snapdragon Elite X?
07:27 - Snapdragon Elite X Laptops
08:40 - Same Performance - Lower Power
11:08 - Snapdragon Elite X SoC
13:48 - Linux Kernel Support for Snapdragon Elite X
16:30 - Conclusions and Some Passing Thoughts

[danielpicassomunoz]

RISC-V community has to step up their game

[mx]

I agree with Linus, AI should take a supportive role, not a directly generative role. Which is why I really don't care about all the useless and flawed use cases for AI, that are being hyped up right now.

[nadtz]

I don't trust all of Qualcomm's benchmark marketing hype but I'm still excited to see a big push for ARM outside of Mac's. I also think there is a place for ARM for a lot more than just laptops but I guess we'll have to wait and see how things shape up.

[HaraldEngels]

This is not only attractive for laptops, it will create a significant wave of affordable mini Pcs in the popular NUC form factor.

[ain]

What is most attractive, to me, is the power efficiency found in these chips. Both of my lab machines have Intel 11th and 12th Gen i9's. This is frankly more than enough power for my projects, virtual machines etc. But to be able to do this with a power savings of 70% is like some sort of crazy dream come true. Thanks for this video D.J. We live in exciting times (at least technically).

[Bitwise]

I did not expect ARM to be pushed this far, this quickly. Interesting times indeed.

[iankester-haney]

Unless we're talking about Risc-V getting good. These are giants trying to smack each other.

[vincei]

5:20 Absolutely agree with Linus looking like he's had it with the BS. Yesterday while cutting the grass I lay down on my driveway and looked up at the clear blue sky for 10 minutes and realized that I prefer to be doing that than grinding on code that is forever being corrupted AND, if Microsoft Recall and their operating systems are anything to go by, repurposed for utterly evil purposes.

[eddieoconnor]

niece saw this and called you SANTA CLAUS!....she wanted to ask why Santa is surrounded b y computers...and if that's how he knows who's naughty or

[repairstudio]

Anything close to as texnologically sound as Apple Silicon (minus the huge security flaw baked into their M series chips that was recently exposed...) that don't cost as much as a Tesla, I'm ready! 😎

[mikapeltokorpi]

Preordered. It will be interesting to benchmark X Elite against Intel/AMD on certain scientific/AI tasks. Unfortunately only 32 GB RAM versions available at reasonable price.

[GunzBlazing]

Great video as always! Been looking forward to have some beefy ARM chips to use Linux with. Been rocking Apple Silicon since it's release because I got tired of the typical heat/fan noise on x86 current models.

[Phoenix_Core]

Been thinking a lot on this stuff. Nividia really needs to make a desktop arm chip man. The HoneyComb LX2KSoC is designed by SolidRun and is primarily used as a Micro ATX ARM workstation. It has 16 ARM cores running at a 2GHz clock speed and supports a PCIe Gen 3 (x8) slot. The memory bandwidth of modern GPUs is much higher than the bandwidth of PCIe 3.0. This is because the GPU memory bandwidth is the speed at which the GPU can read data from or write data to its VRAM, which is much faster than the speed at which data can be transferred over the PCIe bus. The PCIe bandwidth can become a bottleneck if the GPU needs to frequently access data that is not stored in its VRAM and has to be transferred over the PCIe bus. However, this is less likely to be an issue with modern GPUs that have large amounts of VRAM. The Nvidia RTX 4090 is equipped with 24 GB of GDDR6X VRAM. DDR is higher performance than LDDR, and always will be, so even if the mobile arm chip has high VRAM for its chip, running a discreet GPU with high amounts of GDDR is always going to be higher performance.

[WhimsicalArtisan]

Lenovo has plans to use these chips in “PC” style AT form factors. According to them what most people want in that form factor is access to PCI and the ability to upgrade graphics cards. They feel that people will just replace entire boards going forward.

[Vicorcivius]

I think that AI npu should not be integrated into the processor, it should be a separate module, like a gpu, for desktop pc

[danielclark]

I am so down to have a Snapdragon chip in my Linux laptop 👍

[CyborgZeta]

I'm not ready for ARM on desktops yet, because one of the things I use my desktop for is playing games on Steam. As far as I know, playing Steam games on ARM isn't possible yet. You'd probably need to run x86 PC games emulated or in a compatibility layer. Which could be a headache on Linux, since you'd be running a compatibility layer (Proton/WINE) on top of a compatibility layer.

Emulation of old/"retro" games isn't an issue, ARM has been capable of that for a while. I don't play Steam games on my ThinkPads, just retro games in emulators. In that regard, I'd be open to an ARM ThinkPad (or other Linux laptop). Of course, I would need to be able to install and get a fully working Linux OS on any ARM laptop before considering using one. If I can't install Linux, I'm not using any laptop. I'm not using Windows.

[cybernit]

Do you think they will make graphic cards for this type of cpu? Could you have a PCIE 4.0 or something similar which would allow to hook it upto a RTX 4090 or AMD RADEON 7900XTX? Cause I think their integrated gpu isn't that powerful for high end gaming. It is nice to see an alternative to the Intel x64 architecture though.

[AyaWetts]

I find it great marketing timing to make sure they announced all the Copilot+ PCs before Apple's WWDC, but made sure none are available to actually test until after WWDC is over... lol

[odisclemons]

Im so ready to buy one of these laptops with the new chips but man I really need to see if that x86 emulation is good. Thats all im waiting for.