Qualcomm Project Glymur surfaces in new leaks with possible Snapdragon X2 Ultra Premium also spotted
Less than a year has passed since Qualcomm officially unveiled Snapdragon X Plus and Snapdragon X Elite chipsets based around long-awaited Oryon CPU cores. For reference, Qualcomm employs second-generation Oryon cores in the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which underpins modern flagships like the OnePlus 13, Galaxy S25 Ultra and Nubia Z70 Ultra (curr. $749 on Amazon), among others.
The company continues to release first-generation chipsets too, most recently with the Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) that debuted during CES 2025 in Las Vegas inside devices like the Asus Zenbook A14. Early references to next-generation options have been making their way online as early as September 2024, when Roland Quandt revealed the codenames 'SC8480XP' and 'Project Glymur'.
Subsequently, the same leaker provided evidence that Qualcomm was testing so-called Snapdragon X Elite Gen 2 chipsets in desktop configurations with All in One (AiO) 120 mm coolers. Fresh sightings courtesy of export databases suggest that Project Glymur remains in active development. The inclusion of '12CH' in these database results has drawn speculation that Qualcomm's next Snapdragon X chipsets could support twelve memory channels, which would be a 50% improvement over first-generation options.
An entirely new chipset has also been spotted bearing the name 'Snapdragon X2 Ultra Premium'. Found sporting the part number X2-000-096, the inclusion of an 'Ultra Premium' moniker implies that it will be a more powerful alternative to SC8480XP. Although more details cannot be gleaned for now, Qualcomm has already confirmed that its Snapdragon X Elite Gen 2 or Snapdragon X2 chipsets will showcase third-generation Oryon CPU cores.
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