Battery life isn’t enough Most PCs today offer solid battery life—with a catch. When X86-based devices disconnect from their charger, their performance plummets1 . For a modern, mobile workforce this is just unacceptable. Performance without compromise Snapdragon® X Series is a new platform that delivers max performance even when unplugged, and it does so for days on a single charge. PCs powered by Intel run on x86, which uses Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC). This dated design—built for fixed, desktop computing—leads to noticeable compromises.