Taipei, Taiwan: Here comes world’s first 5G PC. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated and Lenovo has unveiled the world’s first 5G PC at the on-going COMPUTEX 2019 – the annual technology trade fair in Taiwan.
Project Limitless leverages a strong technology collaboration between Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. a leader in 5G connectivity, and Lenovo, a leader in PCs, to bring innovation to the always on, always connected PC ecosystem.
Project Limitless is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 5G compute platform and is the world’s first 7nm platform purpose-built for PCs that offers 5G connectivity.
“Our collaboration with Lenovo will deliver transformative PC user experiences for both consumers and the enterprise thanks to the platform’s performance and power efficiency, combined with the high speed, low-latency connectivity made possible by 5G,” said Alex Katouzian, SVP and GM – Mobile business unit, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
“Bandwidth-intensive tasks that involve downloading and uploading large files over a wireless connection can be exponentially faster, “making remote storage feel as seamless as local storage”, this will change the way users create, collaborate and communicate with their computing devices.”
“At Lenovo, we don’t innovate for the sake of technology alone. Everything we do is about improving people’s experience,” said Johnson Jia, SVP and GM – Consumer Business of Intelligent Devices Group, Lenovo.
“With real 5G in a PC, it’s all about satisfying users’ need for speed: faster file transfers and streaming in 4K, 8K and even AR/VR; faster and higher quality video chats on-the-go; even faster screen refreshes for mobile gaming. When we say limitless connectivity, we mean it – 5G PC users the world-over will save time, stay productive, or get online entertainment from nearly anywhere, at any time,” added Jia.
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