42 PCWorld JULY 2019NEWS MONSTROUS HARDWARE FROM COMPUTEX 2019
not one, not two, but three wild concept PCs
at the event (go.pcworld.com/wild), ranging
from an “Ambient PC” with an always-on
edge display and far-field microphones
listening for your every word to a dual-screen
monster of a gaming laptop that has a
second hinge to lift its keyboard-topping
screen—and the primary one above it—even
higher. Super cool stuff, although we won’t
see the fruits of this labor anytime soon
like we will with Project Athena notebooks
(go.pcworld.com/athl).
Asus didn’t stop innovating with its
badass laptop, though. The company also
showed off its radical Prime Utopia desktop
prototype (go.pcworld.com/utop), which
frankly looks like a PC plucked from an
alternate timeline. It imagines what could be if
we ditched the 25-year-old ATX standard tocreate something vastly more interesting. Be
sure to hit that link and check it out.- QUALCOMM TEMPTS
LAPTOP MAKERS
Finally, Qualcomm’s still trying to convince
laptop makers to opt for its long-lasting chips
and achieve all-day battery life with
go-anywhere connectivity. At Computex, the
company revealed benchmarks that show its
Snapdragon 8cx processor (go.pcworld.com/
s8cx) matching the speeds of a circa-2017 Intel
Core i5 chip. Qualcomm also partnered with
Lenovo to showcase “Project Limitless,” based
on the 8cx, to create what it calls the first
5G-capable laptop. By Computex 2020, we’ll
know whether other notebook vendors are
picking up what Qualcomm’s putting down in
the PC space.
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