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- Qualcomm says it’s working on a new smartwatch chipset based on RISC-V.
- RISC-V is an open, alternative architecture to the current Arm architecture.
- The company says this new chip will power next-generation Wear OS watches.
Google recently announced the Pixel Watch 2, and the new watch is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 processor. However, the two companies have now announced a partnership that could change the foundation of smartwatches and more.
Qualcomm announced that it’s working with Google to develop a Snapdragon Wear chipset based on the RISC-V architecture. Furthermore, Qualcomm says this new processor will power “next-generation Wear OS solutions.”