Okay maybe I'm stretching things but Qualcomm fiscal quarters start the previous year, so maybe this leak they mean H1 2026 could be September/October 2025. Maybe? Seems unlikely since they'd probably say Q1 rather than H1, but I dunno. Even September still seems late given the cores are available now and there was a report Glymur was already being tested a few weeks ago. But maybe they want to give themselves more time to get the software/drivers/accompanying SOC hardware right? Everyone thought highly of the CPU cores themselves in the last generation, a little late though they were, but it's everything else that needs the biggest boost. So maybe they're giving themselves more time to get that stuff right? Also it's possible if/when Nvidia-Mediatek releases WoA things will improve faster on the software compatibility front.
I very much agree the addition of M-cores should be a big big boost - and the possibility of even S-cores if they have those too (although M-core die area seems very good already so I don't think they'll actually need S-cores, it's just the nomenclature is suggestive of those). Also glad to see two different SOCs being developed. They needed that as well. The original Elite was trying to cover too much ground with one SOC and no small cores. Doesn't seem to be any word on the GPU sizes for the two dies? But a 6+6 CPU could be a fanless M4 competitor - if not then maybe they'll have a binned version of it, say a 4+6 
, that is appropriate for fanless designs.
Qualcomm (and Microsoft!) have got to execute better though - no more canceled dev kits, more native apps, better Prism, better dev support, better drivers. I do agree though that the Qualcomm CPU designers are doing their part.
That lawsuit is getting worse though. I very much doubt ARM and Qualcomm will go full nuclear, but that could still be a dampener going forwards.
