--- title: "Introducing Snapdragon C: Designed to Revolutionize Entry-Tier Laptop Experiences" url: "https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/05/introducing-snapdragon-c--designed-to-revolutionize-entry-tier-l" description: "Designed for entry-tier laptops, the Snapdragon C Platform supports students, families, and small customer-facing businesses, with devices from leading OEMs such as Acer, HP, and Lenovo. It delivers breakthrough power efficiency for long-lasting battery life in cool, quiet systems, along with responsive everyday performance for web browsing, video streaming, productivity, and video calls." publishedDate: "May 28, 2026" newsroomType: "Press Note" articleType: "Press Note" location: "SAN DIEGO" canonicalUrl: "https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/05/introducing-snapdragon-c--designed-to-revolutionize-entry-tier-l" tags: ["Computex", "PC", "Compute"] --- # Introducing Snapdragon C: Designed to Revolutionize Entry-Tier Laptop Experiences Press Note May 28, 2026 | SAN DIEGO ![Qualcomm-image](https://s7d1.scene7.com/is/image/dmqualcommprod/SnapdragonCPlatformHero?$QC_Responsive$&fmt=png-alpha&wid=814) **Highlights:** - Designed for entry‑tier laptops, Snapdragon C Platform supports students, families and customer facing small businesses with designs from leading OEMs including [Acer](https://news.acer.com/acer-broadens-portfolio), HP, and Lenovo. - Breakthrough power efficiency to deliver incredible battery life in cool, quiet entry-tier laptops. - Responsive everyday performance for web browsing, video streaming, productivity and video calls. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced the Snapdragon® C Platform, a new entry‑tier processor designed to make modern personal computing more accessible to students, families, and small businesses. Snapdragon C delivers responsive performance, cool, quiet designs and incredible all-day battery life¹ in entry-tier laptops targeting $300 and up. Snapdragon C supports smooth web browsing, video streaming, and productivity. It also includes an integrated NPU for AI capabilities in the entry-tier. Snapdragon C is engineered for power efficient everyday computing experiences people rely on in entry-level laptops without sacrificing portability or all-day battery life. The platform is designed for consistent performance of daily workloads in cool, quiet designs. "As costs rise and customer expectations evolve, Snapdragon C brings together value oriented computing, all-day battery life, AI capabilities and responsive performance in cool-quiet devices for expanded platform choice," said Kedar Kondap, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Compute and Gaming, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "We're delivering modern computing experiences that help our ecosystem reach new audiences and expanding access to reliable, efficient technology for students, families, customer-facing small businesses, and beyond." Devices powered by Snapdragon C are expected to hit shelves later this year. ## About Qualcomm Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world tackle some of its most important challenges. Building on our 40 years of technology leadership in creating era-defining breakthroughs, we deliver a broad portfolio of solutions built with our leading-edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing, and unrivaled connectivity. Our Snapdragon® platforms power extraordinary consumer experiences, and our Qualcomm Dragonwing™ products empower businesses and industries to scale to new heights. Together with our ecosystem partners, we enable next-generation digital transformation to enrich lives, improve businesses, and advance societies. At Qualcomm, we are engineering human progress. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering and research and development functions and substantially all of our products and services businesses, including our QCT semiconductor business. Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Qualcomm patents are licensed by Qualcomm Incorporated. [Computex](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Computex) | [PC](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=PC) | [Compute](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Compute) Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Qualcomm, Qualcomm Dragonwing and Snapdragon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. ¹ Battery life varies significantly based on device, settings, usage, and other factors. ## Contact Information **Brett Simpson** Investor Relations 1-858-658-4813 [ir@qualcomm.com](mailto:ir@qualcomm.com) **Clare Conley** Media Relations 1-858-845-5959 [corpcomm@qualcomm.com](mailto:corpcomm@qualcomm.com) ## Related Press Releases [Snapdragon Leads the Agentic AI Age with Two of the World's Fastest Mobile SoCs Powering the Next Generation of Smartphones](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/snapdragon-leads-the-agentic-ai-age-with-two-of-the-world-s-fast) Press Note | Sep 22, 2026 [Snapdragon Summit](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Snapdragon%20Summit) | [Snapdragon Mobile Platform](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Snapdragon%20Mobile%20Platform) | [AI](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=AI) [Snapdragon X Series Powers Googlebook: the First Laptops Designed for Gemini Intelligence](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/snapdragon-x-series-powers-googlebook--the-first-laptops-designe) Press Note | Sep 21, 2026 [Snapdragon X Elite](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Snapdragon%20X%20Elite) | [Snapdragon](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Snapdragon) | [PC](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=PC) [Qualcomm Introduces Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 Processors, Expanding Access to Intelligent Connected Devices](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/-qualcomm-introduces-dragonwing-q-2390-and-iq-2390-processors--e) Press Note | Sep 1, 2026 [IoT](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=IoT) [Qualcomm and HUMAIN Unveil Horizon Ultra AI PC at LEAP 2026, Bringing AI Directly to the Device](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/08/qualcomm-and-humain-unveil-horizon-ultra-ai-pc-at-leap-2026--bri) Press Note | Aug 31, 2026 [AI PC](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=AI%20PC) | [Snapdragon](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Snapdragon) [Adobe Becomes First Global Software Company to Migrate AI Workloads onto HUMAIN Platform, Accelerated by Qualcomm](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/08/adobe-becomes-first-global-software-company-to-migrate-ai-worklo) Press Note | Aug 31, 2026 [Data Center](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Data%20Center) | [Dragonfly](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Dragonfly) | [AI](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=AI)