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Qualcomm announced a new generation of Snapdragon processors at its Snapdragon Summit, positioning the chips as the hardware foundation for AI agents on smartphones and PCs. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and the Snapdragon X2 Elite family promise dramatically higher token‑processing speeds, increased TOPS performance, and on‑device large language model support. Executives Durga Malladi, Vinesh Sukumar, and CEO Cristiano Amon highlighted how the upgrades could make AI assistants faster, more reliable, and capable of accessing personal data locally. The company also showcased a prototype PC from Humain that uses a prompt‑driven AI interface, illustrating the shift toward agent‑centric user experiences. Lire la suite

Qualcomm announced its second‑generation PC processors, the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme, at its Snapdragon Summit. The chips feature a third‑generation Oryon CPU with up to 18 cores, a new Adreno GPU architecture offering 2.3X power‑efficiency gains, and an upgraded neural processing unit delivering 80 TOPS of AI performance. Qualcomm claims up to 75 percent faster CPU performance at equal power and multi‑day battery life. The event also highlighted the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 mobile chip, a vision for 6G connectivity, and a joint effort with Google to unify Android and Chrome OS across devices. Lire la suite