The first news about this next generation indicated that Qualcomm was focusing its efforts on a single processor, known as Project Glymur. However, the latest rumor suggests that it will not be a single processor, but rather there will be two. Both will have full support for DX12 and lightning work via hardware and one of these will have 18 cores.
An X (Twitter) user, based on information from sources that he has not revealed, has published what is supposedly the roadmap for the next generation of Qualcomm processors. On the one hand, there is the code name Project Glymur and on the other hand, Project Mahua.
The next ARM processor will have up to 18 cores
According to this user, the now known Project Glymur will be a processor with 18 cores (6L+6L+6M), will have LPDDR5X memory with a bandwidth of 192 bits. Project Mahua is a processor with 12 cores (6L+6M) with LPDDR5X memory with a bandwidth of 128 bit. At the moment it is unknown what the clock speed of both processors will be.
@negativeonehero More likely Mahua, not Glymur.
See below leak👇
(I am not a leaker, and this is info from someone else). https://t.co/fA2wjRcsEL
October 1, 2024 • 17:37
Regarding its market launch, this is scheduled for second half of 2026. Given this information, the manufacturing process it uses will most likely be TSMC’s 3nm N3P, the same process that Apple is currently using with its processors with the same architecture.
Will they be an option for desktop PCs?
Yesterday we published an article in which a user who had purchased the Qualcomm development kit had put it to the test with Geekbench 6 and Cinebench to see if it was capable of offering better performance by not having the power consumption of this processor limited to 23W.
Unfortunately it was not like that. During the tests, the equipment’s consumption varied between 80 and 100W, and offered an improvement of between 10 and 15%. Taking into account that the TDP of the processor is being quadrupled, the performance difference should be much higher than shown.
However, it has its logic. The new Qualcomm processors with ARM architecture are designed for computers laptops with a very tight TDP, so increasing the TDP to force the machine does not offer greater performance than what it offers with the established consumption of 23W.
Qualcomm stated that it is working to bring this processor to desktop computers in order to compete with the Mac Mini from Apple and others mini PCs. While it is true that the performance offered by this processor is more than enough for light and basic office tasks, it seems that the San Diego-based company wants to go one step further and offer a much more complete solution with much more graphics. powerful or offer the possibility of using an external graphics card.
