Lenovo Unveils Yoga Slim 7x 14 Gen 14 and ThinkPad T14 Gen 6 Notebooks Powered By Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

Whereas we have been anticipating the supply of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor to be across the center of this yr, Lenovo has introduced two new ‘AI-powered’ notebooks for the Home windows on Arm platform. Introduced is the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen 14 and the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 each function Qualcomm’s newest 12-core Snapdragon X Elite processor, ushering in a brand new period for Microsoft’s Home windows on Arm platform. Lenovo goals to focus on content material creators and enterprise professionals with these new fashions.

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Elite processor appears set to attempt to change the adoption of the Home windows-on-Arm units, with a crucial give attention to offering AI functionality on gadget, which guarantees as much as 45 TOPs of efficiency solely from the Hexagon NPU. Powered by the Oryon CPU cores, the Snapdragon X Elite is designed to ship distinctive efficiency and effectivity, attaining as much as 3.8GHz in all-core turbo in intensive workloads. The processor additionally consists of the most recent Hexagon NPU, providing 45 TOPS of efficiency for INT8 duties, making it well-suited for dealing with advanced AI duties on units equivalent to Generative AI. 

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen 14 Pocket book for Home windows on Arm

Beginning with the slimmer of the 2 fashions, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x is primarily tailor-made for creators. It’s designed to be skinny, light-weight, and moveable and has a 70 Wh battery, making it very best for creators on the go. The gadget is powered by the most recent Snapdragon X Elite processor, that includes Qualcomm’s built-in Hegaxon NPU designed to energy GenAI-based text-to-image capabilities, subtle picture and video modifying instruments, and clever textual content creation and modifying suggestions.

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen 14 is simply 12.9 mm thicok.

For connectivity, it solely makes use of Kind-C, with three USB 4 Kind-C ports for the quickest 40 Gbps-capable units. It additionally has a single audio jack with an HDMI 2.1 video output. Constructed into the highest bezel is a 1080 webcam with 4 microphones, and it additionally helps IP MIPI with an built-in privateness shutter. Further options embody Dolby Atmos audio, whereas it additionally comes with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity included inside the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor. It weighs simply 1.28 kg, with a slim 12.9 mm profile, making the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x completely mild for customers on the go.

The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 pocket book

However, the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is optimized primarily for enterprise customers. It’s designed to ship optimum efficiency and effectivity with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 12-core processor. As with the Yoga Slim 7x, the ThinkPad T14s makes use of the built-in Qualcomm Adreno GPU for graphics capabilities, and it powers the 14″ show, which may are available 1920 x 1200 IPS or 2.8K with an OLED panel. The on-device Hexagon NPU primarily handles AI inferencing duties on chips and ensures seamless integration with Microsoft 365 purposes. This mannequin is designed to offer sturdy gadget administration, enhanced collaborations on the go, and built-in chip-to-cloud safety for skilled environments.

On the connectivity entrance, it has twin USB 3.2 G2 Kind-A ports and two USB 4 Kind-C ports for the quickest 40 Gbps-capable units. It additionally has a single audio jack with an HDMI 2.1 video output. Constructed into the highest bezel is a 1080 webcam with twin microphones, and it additionally helps IP MIPI with an built-in privateness shutter. Further options embody a fingerprint reader inside the energy button and dTPM. Lenovo makes use of the built-in Wi-Fi 7 inside the Snapdragon X Elite for wi-fi connectivity, offering Bluetooth 5.3 assist.

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x 14 Gen 9 and ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 can assist as much as 1TB of PCIe 4.0 x4 storage, whereas reminiscence functionality relies on the mannequin. The Yoga 7x 14 Gen 9, a slimmer mannequin, is proscribed to 32 GB of LPDDR5X-8448 reminiscence in a dual-channel configuration. On the identical time, the ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 can accommodate as much as 64 GB of barely quicker LPDDR5X-8533 reminiscence.

Moreover, Lenovo gives deployment providers via its Lenovo TruScale platform to assist the environment friendly administration of next-generation AI PC units equivalent to these fashions. These providers embody customizable safety features, tailor-made deployment processes, enhanced management over the deployment course of, and providers designed to align with particular enterprise goals.

Each the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x and the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 shall be out there beginning June 2024, with the Yoga Slim 7x beginning at $1,199 and the ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 priced beginning at $1,699.