Two and a half years. As impossible as that sounds, it’s true. It has been two and a half long, confusion and frustrating years since we first uncovered evidence that Qualcomm and Google would finally bring together the obvious union of Chrome OS and the Snapdragon SoC. In that time, the original baseboard ‘Cheza’ has […]
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New baseboard ‘Lazor’ signals development beginning to expand on Qualcomm 7c Chromebooks
The going has been slow to say the least. Qualcomm Snapdragon Chromebooks were supposed to show up in the second half of 2019 with the Snapdragon 845 chip on board, ready to shake up the ARM-powered Chromebook market with always-connected LTE, swift performance, and thin/light form factors. Those promises made in December of 2018 never […]
Continue ReadingSnapdragon Chromebook ‘Bubs’ being tested with phone-sized display
Let me be very clear and upfront from the get-go on this one: file this under either speculation or confusion as you read what I’m about to tell you. I don’t have a firm understanding of what is going on or why, but I know that some testing is happening on a Chrome OS baseboard […]
Continue ReadingAll the new Chromebooks we are expecting to see at CES 2020
CES 2020 is just around the corner and we’re getting final preparations in order for the week-long trip to the desert in search of new Chrome OS devices. CES has long been a hit-or-miss venue for new Chromebooks, but when it has hit, it has hit big. In 2017 we were lucky enough to be […]
Continue ReadingThe latest Linux kernel is headed to Chromebooks in the very near future and that’s a big deal
For those of you who may not be familiar with the subject, Google’s Chrome OS that powers millions of Chromebooks is built on the Linux kernel. I’ll save you the long-winded explanation of what the Linux kernel is and how it works for two reasons. One, it would take all day. Two, I’m not a […]
Continue ReadingWhat the upcoming Snapdragon Chromebook ‘Trogdor’ could look like
Since Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit last week, we’ve been digging around in the commits a bit more looking for more clues surrounding the ‘Trogdor’ baseboard that is housing the Qualcomm SC7180 processor. That processor, if you recall, is thought to be the new Snapdragon 7c chip that was just announced at the Summit last week and […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 39: So many Chromebooks are coming in 2020
This week on The Chrome Cast, we’re discussing the absolute tidal wave of Chromebooks coming our way in 2020. We fully expect to see a few of them at CES in January and a solid portion of the rest in the weeks to follow. With devices in the ‘Hatch’ and ‘Kukui’ families dominating the scene, […]
Continue ReadingWhy we feel confident a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Chromebook is in development
Yesterday finalized Qualcomm’s yearly Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui and towards the end of the 3rd keynote (there have been daily keynotes for the past 3 days), they finally took a break from talking about the upcoming Snapdragon 865 (which looks to once again be an absolute monster), 5G and VR/AR/XR to talk about their […]
Continue ReadingThe new wave of Chromebooks and Chrome OS tablets we are expecting in early 2020
It feels like we’ve been talking about upcoming hardware for months at this point, and in many ways, that’s exactly what we’ve been doing. Part of what we do here at Chrome Unboxed is search the Chromium Repositories for signs of new devices, baseboards, and other clues that would point to new hardware coming down […]
Continue ReadingFour more 8-Core MediaTek Chromebooks on the way
I’m not saying that we’ve given up on the hopes of seeing a Qualcomm-powered Chromebook arrive by CES but at this point, I’m not holding my breath. The inexplicable delay of Snapdragon devices could very well help secure MediaTek’s market share of the Chrome OS space as development moves forward on a number of octa-core […]
Continue ReadingMysterious new Qualcomm-powered Chromebook ‘Bubs’ begins development
The process for Qualcomm entering the Chrome OS space has been a long one. We first heard rumblings at the end of 2017 (yes, coming up on 2 years ago) and were given an official announcement by Qualcomm at the yearly Snapdragon Summit in December of 2018. The official statement from that time was that […]
Continue ReadingWe’re Finally Beginning To See More Snapdragon Chromebooks
Talk about long in the tooth. We just did the math and it has been a nearly-unbelievable 18+ months since the first signs of Snapdragon silicon showed up in the Chromium Repositories signaling the emergence of the first Qualcomm-powered Chromebook. Don’t get me wrong, it was a great day and we were all insanely excited […]
Continue ReadingPossible Google-made Chromebook With ARM Chipset Shows Up in Geekbench
Oh, Geekbench. In the past year or so, this benchmark software (and more importantly, its published results) has been the revelator of many new Chromebooks and hidden specs, unveiling new information we simply would never have gleaned from the Chromium Repositories alone.
Continue ReadingNew Chromebook Tablets Could Be Close To Launch
We’ve been tracking a duo of tablets known only as ‘Flapjack‘ up to this point, but we know a few things about them that make for a duo of compelling entries into the Chrome OS ecosystem. 8-inch and 10-inch tablets with the latest MediaTek 8183 processors, 16:10 FHD screens, and wireless charging make for very […]
Continue ReadingNew 8-core MediaTek Chromebook In The Works: Meet ‘Krane’
Still no sign of the elusive Qualcomm Chromebook ‘Cheza’ after months of anticipation and speculation but it looks as though MediaTek may come out swinging in the race to become the first next-generation ARM-powered device on the market. It has been nearly a year since MediaTek’s octa-core MT8183 processor made its way to the Chromium […]
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