Qualcomm says M1-rivaling Nuvia laptop chips to arrive in late 2023

In short: Qualcomm bought Nuvia last year and then announced that together they would release laptop chips that could compete with the Apple M1 sometime this year. However, comments in the recent earnings report either pushed back those plans or shed more light on them.

During this week’s quarterly earnings report, Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon said development of Nuvia’s new Arm-based laptop processor is well under way. on the run. However, he also said that Qualcomm expects it to arrive in late 2023, more than a year after the previous release window.

Qualcomm bought Nuvia in March 2021 to move into the laptop processor market, specifically to catch up with Apple’s M-series processors. That summer, the company said it planned to release a Nuvia-designed laptop processor sometime in 2022.

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Following comments during an earnings call, Qualcomm told PCWorld that its roadmap was consistent since its presentation in November last year. The company said it will sample the Nuvia processor in 2022 and release products using it in 2023. Qualcomm confirmed to PCWorld that Amon’s mention of 2023 refers to a product launch. Either that was the plan from the start, or the delay happened last fall.

Qualcomm and Nuvia may end up testing their processors right before launching the next step in the M series, the M2. Apple is said to have several M2-based devices planned for this year, including the M3. expected Next year.