Qualcomm is positioning the Snapdragon ARM-based systems-on-chips not just to smartphones. Working with Microsoft, the company will bring the SoC to a new PC platform running the new Windows 10 for ARM processors.

Qualcomm claims that using the Snapdragon platform will offer a combination of the PC form factor and breadth of software, with features that are standard in smartphones: on-the-go connectivity, light weight, silent operation, long battery life, and no fan.

The company says that PCs built using the new chips will offer up to 50 percent more battery life than x86 systems, with four- to five-times longer standby times. They'll take the Connected Standby capability already found in some Windows PCs and make it better, thanks to their LTE connectivity.

The Snapdragon 835 integrates the Snapdragon X16 Gigabit LTE modem, so devices will be able to support peak download speeds of up to 1Gbps. The Snapdragon 835 Mobile PC Platform will also feature 2x2 802.11ac MU-MIMO for optimal Wi-Fi connectivity on the go.

Asus, HP, and Lenovo are all planning to introduce Snapdragon Mobile PC systems (laptops) in the future. Since the Snapdragon 835 has a higher level of integration than Intel's mobile chips, the motherboards of the new device will be smaller, leaving free space for battery or smaller overall designs.

Part of the demonstrations at the Computex show, Qualcomm showed Windows 10 being used with UWP applications but also some non-UWP apps being used, such as 7-zip.

Windows 10 for ARM is Microsoft's second attempt at building a version of Windows for ARM chips, following the launch of Windows RT. Microsoft hopes that this new attempts will be more successful, since the new operating system will include x86 emulation, giving it the ability to run 32-bit Windows desktop applications unmodified.