Qualcomm flew me out to Computex this week, where it announced the Asus Accent QN10, the first Snapdragon X2 Elite mini PC. While the company did share some of the specs, other details, such as pricing, are unknown.
It’s possible that Asus might have its own announcement of the Accent QN10 at some point, since it is its product, but it wasn’t among the wide array of products announced at Computex that was shared with press.
The first real Snapdragon X Elite mini PC
That’s not a typo
Whenever there’s a broad array of Snapdragon devices launching, I’m always flooded with questions about when there’s a mini PC coming. There hasn’t been one to officially launch with the Snapdragon X Elite. Lenovo made a couple with Snapdragon X and X Plus, Geekom announced a Snapdragon X Elite mini PC that turned out to be vaporware, and of course, Qualcomm itself announced a dev kit that turned out to be a disaster. There’s even an all-in-one from Asus with a Snapdragon X non-plus, but that’s all for the desktop.
Now, it’s here. But again, there are little details, so I’m still holding out before I fully believe that it’ll be available in the US, in the good SKUs.
The Asus Accent QN10 chassis is 0.7L, so it’s a little guy. It has seven USB ports, including a trio of USB 4, three USB 3.2 Gen 2, and one USB 2.0.
The rest of the release mainly focuses on the Snapdragon X2 Elite, which isn’t surprising, since it’s a Qualcomm announcement. Much like the theme of Computex, there’s a focus on AI work loads, and this new concept of an agent computer. The chipset has an 80 TOPS NPU, which is the leader among laptop chip makers that have announced their NPU power.
Again, there’s really no telling how much this will cost or when it will ship. Presumably, it’s not too far out given that Snapdragon X2 Elite PCs have been shipping for a while now.