While not a whole lot of new offerings like other brands, Qualcomm is making steady moves through its new Snapdragon and Dragonwing series at CES 2026, expanding its coverage in AI PCs and into the new field of robotics.
First, we have the Snapdragon X2 Plus as the latest addition to uplift the Arm-based Copilot+ experience to a broader audience, and it comes with 3rd Gen Qualcomm Oryon CPU, providing up to 35% faster single-core performance while using 43% less power. The Hexagon NPU has also been upgraded to now churning out 80 TOPS of AI performance. Networking is of modern standards too, as support for WiFi 7 and optional 5G is to be expected, and it is protected by Snapdragon Guardian security.
OEM products are expected to arrive in the first half of 2026. And here’s a quick specs check.
Model | Cache | Multi-thread Boost Clock | GPU Boost Clock | NPU TOPS | RAM |
Snapdragon X2 Plus 10-core | 34MB | 4.0GHz | 1.7GHz | 80 | LPDDR5X-9523 |
Snapdragon X2 Plus 6-core | 22MB | 0.9GHz |
At the other end of the spectrum, Qualcomm continues to champion the idea of moving advanced robotics from controlled lab environments into real-world deployment via the general-purpose robotics architecture that combines hardware, software, edge AI, mixed-criticality systems, machine learning operations, and an AI data flywheel into a single, scalable stack. Enter the Dragonwing IQ10 Series premium-tier robotics processor for industrial AMRs and full-size humanoids.
Capable of VLAs and VLMs, it enables robots to perform better generalized manipulation and natural human-robot interaction, which is critical if robots are ever going to work in retail, logistics, and manufacturing at scale. With this one chip, Qualcomm says that it can handle perception, planning, and action.
Partners like Figure.ai, VinMotion, Booster, Advantech, and several others are already part of the ecosystem whose working on pushing humanoids and autonomous robots closer to real deployment alongside Qualcomm.
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