AI is transforming everything.
Qualcomm is making AI ubiquitous—a world where virtually everyone and everything is intelligently connected.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AI makes life more intuitive.
We’re scaling AI to create new possibilities.
Artificial intelligence applications and devices will transform industries, scaling the future of transportation, defining new opportunities for smart homes and cities, creating wide-reaching mobile XR experiences, and powering the factory of the future. And our AI leadership will help accelerate the commercialization and scale of AI—making AI ubiquitous around the globe.
Customization
We are researching and developing power-efficient AI technology, which is fundamental across industries and products, spanning from smartphones and automotive to the IoT and data centers. Our AI solutions offer many benefits, including user privacy, enhanced reliability, and efficient use of network bandwidth—allowing the mobile industry to scale AI to trillions of devices.
Power efficiency
Power efficiency is essential for AI. We research deep learning techniques for power-efficient implementations and optimization across hardware, algorithms, and software—with a focus on fundamentals to accelerate deep learning workloads at low power to maximize overall efficiency.
Personalization
AI, through continuous learning, brings personalization to our devices, which is essential for superior user experiences. We research continuous learning techniques that allow adaption to user behavior and preferences, bringing a human-like understanding and behavior to IoT devices.
Scale
We have spent the past decade deep in AI research and development, resulting in the creation of the components necessary to scale AI across industries. To make AI ubiquitous, we’re focused on making efficient hardware, algorithmic advancements, and software tools available to developers and OEMs.
Explore AI Categories
Mobile AI
We’re making smartphones even smarter with on-device AI. Engineered to enable next-level AI experiences, our on-device AI learns and adapts to user behavior—making cameras more intelligent, virtual assistants more reliable, and XR even more engaging. The Qualcomm AI Engine makes on-device AI experiences more compelling and valuable to the end user with extended battery life and better overall AI performance, even without network connectivity.
Automotive AI
The Snapdragon Ride™ Platform utilizes our proven heterogeneous compute capabilities to enable autonomous vehicles. Our scalable, customizable solutions provide the flexibility automakers need to design in-demand safety and convenience features for a wider range of vehicles.
IoT AI
IoT connects devices, but AI at the edge is what makes them smart. From enterprise to residential applications our IoT AI solutions support a variety of use cases including Smart homes, Industrial and Commercial, and Connected Healthcare, plus Cameras, Wearables and Audio. The Qualcomm AI Engine was designed to run machine learning models in IoT devices, such as a security camera that recognizes a family member and activates a smart lock to allow entry. Or an office building that allows employees onto an elevator based on a touchpad. The Qualcomm AI Engine enables better security and privacy to IoT devices combined with faster processing and a reduced need for network bandwidth.
XR AI
Reimagine the extended reality (XR) experience with Snapdragon platforms. Our XR solutions combine AI, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) for truly dynamic, 360° XR experiences. Our Snapdragon platforms are making intelligent AR a reality with crystal-clear audio and brilliant graphics that immerse the user in their virtual world.
Cloud AI Solutions
Our cloud AI solutions are built from the ground up to deliver leading edge AI experiences. Our AI solution is designed to meet cloud AI inferencing needs for data center providers, addressing cloud requirements such as power efficiency, scale, and signal processing so datacenters can run inference on the edge cloud faster and more efficiently.
Featured products
Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform
Our latest flagship 8 series 5G platform transforms your device into a professional-quality camera, intelligent personal assistant, and elite gaming rig—all connected with truly global 5G multi-gigabit speeds for the premium experiences you deserve.
Snapdragon 865 5G Mobile Platform
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 865 mobile platform scales 5G and leading 5th gen AI to power next-generation, premium devices with breakthrough features—from Gigapixel speed photography to desktop-level gaming features to staggering multi-gigabit 5G connectivity.
Snapdragon 855+ Mobile Platform
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 855+ Mobile Platform is built for gaming, with cutting edge performance, improved graphics, an uplift in CPU performance, and robust 4G and 5G connectivity.
Snapdragon 765G 5G Mobile Platform
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 765G mobile platform unites 5G and AI to power select premium experiences for gamers across the globe, including 5G gaming at multi-gigabit speeds and select Snapdragon Elite Gaming™ features and support for all-day battery life.
Featured AI Tools and SDK
Neural Processing SDK
The Qualcomm Neural Processing SDK for artificial intelligence is engineered to help developers save time and effort in optimizing performance of trained neural networks on devices with Snapdragon. The SDK provides tools for model conversion and execution plus APIs for targeting the core with the power and performance profile to match the desired user experience.
Snapdragon Developer Tools
Optimize your applications to run on Snapdragon mobile platforms with Qualcomm Snapdragon Developer Tools, including the Snapdragon Profiler to help identify app performance problems; the Snapdragon Power Optimization SDK to help improve performance and battery life; and the Snapdragon Heterogeneous Compute SDK, our user-level library.
Hexagon DSP SDK
The Hexagon DSP SDK enables developers to tap into world-class, hardware-enabled multimedia features to deliver premium interactive user experiences in less time. The Hexagon SDK helps overcome development hurdles, including lack of battery and insufficient processing power while helping to ensure multimedia processing efficiency.
AI Model Efficiency Toolkit
The Qualcomm AI Model Efficiency Toolkit (AIMET) is open source on GitHub to collaborate with other leading AI researchers and to provide a simple library plugin for AI developers to utilize for breakthrough model efficiency performance.
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