The push for smarter AI extends beyond phones, laptops and other personal computing devices. Cars are getting smarter, too, and the latest entry into Qualcomm's Digital Chasis line of chips for connected cars and smart cars looks to speed up that process.

Qualcomm has a new chip for flagship phones, and the best part is that it uses an improved version of the Oryon CPU architecture that the Snapdragon X Elite chips brought to Windows PCs earlier this year.

Qualcomm just launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip for smartphones today, but the second-generation Oryon CPU core within could hint at a possible new Snapdragon X Elite chip.

The release of the Snapdragon 8 Elite will mark the most significant upgrade in Qualcomm's mobile chips since the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The Elite branding and Oryon CPU are migrating down from Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite for laptops.

Qualcomm today unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform, which features a next-generation custom Qualcomm-designed Oryon CPU instead of

Qualcomm’s new chip could help drive competition between Android and Apple’s iOS. The company debuted its Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform with a new, second-generation Oryo

The Snapdragon Elite 8 is the company’s first chipset to feature the second-generation Oryon CPU, which was originally designed for laptops but has now been optimized for mobile devices, the company explained.