Qualcomm launches two new smartphone chips with emphasis on AI
Qualcomm said that its new top chip can run 30B mixture-of-expert model locally.
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Qualcomm announced two new flagship smartphone processors designed to run artificial intelligence features directly on phones rather than relying on cloud servers. The chips include new sensing hubs that can run small AI models locally, enabling features like personal scribes, speaker differentiation, and voice agents without sending data elsewhere. The high-end version can run a 30-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts model and supports advanced camera and video features including 8K recording at 60 frames per second. This reflects a broader industry trend toward using smartphones as the primary device for AI applications rather than dedicated AI devices.
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