Qualcomm Proposes Six Major Trends for Future AI Development

　　US-based Qualcomm held its annual Snapdragon Tech Summit from December 23 to 25 in Maui, Hawaii. The company’s President and CEO, Cristiano Amon, outlined six major trends for the future development of artificial intelligence (AI).

　　Amon stated that these six trends include: user interfaces becoming human-centric with localized processing on the device side; user experiences shifting from smartphone-centric to AI agent-centric; new transformations in computing architecture; the emergence of hybrid AI models; increasing relevance of edge-side data; and 6G serving as a critical bridge between the cloud and the edge, enabling the creation of perceptive intelligent networks.

　　During the summit, Qualcomm unveiled its next-generation mobile system-on-chips (SoCs) and personal computer processors. According to the company, its latest mobile SoC, named the "Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Supreme Edition Mobile Platform," integrates the third-generation Qualcomm Oryon CPU, the new Adreno GPU, and the Hexagon NPU, significantly enhancing multitasking and app-switching speeds, improving video and photo processing capabilities, and optimizing gaming experiences, thereby turning smartphones into personalized AI assistants.

　　Additionally, Qualcomm introduced two new PC processors, named "Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme" and "Snapdragon X2 Elite." These processors reportedly achieve breakthroughs in performance, battery life, and AI computing power, meeting the demands of high-intensity applications such as multitasking, resource-intensive tasks, and professional content creation, while supporting multi-day battery life.