The Qualcomm AI Engine is powering the future of industries.

Qualcomm AI makes the impossible possible with an expansive portfolio of platform solutions that gives our partners flexibility and reliability in designing high-quality AI apps and experiences. Our leading fifth-generation Qualcomm® AI Engine packs 2x the performance of its predecessor. With the brand-new Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator, it pushes 15 trillion operations per second with maximum efficiency. This brilliant machine fuels intuitive mobile experiences in photography, gaming and voice interactions such as real-time AI translation. Integrated directly into the Qualcomm AI Engine, the all-new Qualcomm® Sensing Hub is designed to ensure highly accurate voice detection and always-on contextual awareness for smarter virtual assistants—all while using extremely low power.

Discover how Qualcomm AI supports the product development goals of our partners.

“We are pleased to expand on our collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to include compatibility with Waves MaxxAudio® and Nx® 3D audio technologies on their Snapdragon 5G mobile platforms. The advent of 5G connectivity opens the door to a new level of audio interactivity and immersion, and Waves MaxxAudio® and Nx® 3D audio technologies are purpose-built to optimize and enhance those new experiences.”

– Tomer Elbaz, Executive Vice President, General Manager, Consumer Electronics Division at Waves

"Qualcomm Technologies has proven to be an exceptional collaborator for trinamiX as we bring cutting-edge material classification abilities to smartphones powered by Snapdragon mobile platforms. The ability to use 'live skin' detection in tandem with both a 2D IR image and a 3D depth map for facial recognition means that unlock spoofs are finally relegated to the past for OEM's integrating our technology into their mobile designs."

– Stefan Metz, Director, 3D Imaging at trinamiX

AI tools of the trade.

Develop cutting-edge on-device applications and experiences with our Qualcomm AI Engine plus our AI products and hardware tools.

Neural Processing SDK

Save development time and effort with the Qualcomm Neural Processing SDK for artificial intelligence, designed to optimize performance of trained neural networks on Snapdragon-enabled devices.

Snapdragon Developer Tools

Our Snapdragon Developer Tools help optimize application development with tools that identify app performance problems, improve battery life, and more.

Hexagon DSP SDK

Deliver premium interactive user experiences in less time with the cutting-edge, hardware-enabled multimedia feature set in our Hexagon SDP SDK—designed to help overcome typical development hurdles including lack of battery and insufficient processing power.

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.

We’re defining the future of AI.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionize our world and transform every aspect of daily life. And Qualcomm Technologies is working to make AI portable and accessible to the masses. We’re striving to improve connectivity and performance and reduce energy and costs. Our process is built on a comprehensive approach to AI research and development that results in sustainable, comprehensive AI solutions.

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