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HUMAIN and Qualcomm unveil Horizon Ultra AI PC at LEAP 2026
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Unveiled the Horizon Ultra AI PC at LEAP 2026 (Riyadh) — based on the Snapdragon X2 Elite (18-core Oryon CPU, Adreno GPU, Hexagon NPU), it spreads AI work across the CPU, GPU and NPU. Enterprise purchases of the Windows version begin on Sep 20, 2026; a HUMAIN OS version is planned for 2027. The press release gives no NPU TOPS figure or price
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A Saudi sovereign wealth fund affiliate puts forward an on-device AI PC as the endpoint of a sovereign AI stack — a phase in which local inference becomes an item of geopolitical procurement
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Officialqualcomm.comhttps://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/08/qualcomm-and-humain-unveil-horizon-ultra-ai-pc-at-leap-2026--briAdded in Week 36, 2026 · See that week
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