Qualcomm announced two new flagship smartphone processors, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, with a strong emphasis on on-device AI capabilities. The chips feature new sensing hubs for running small models up to 200M parameters locally, while the Extreme version can run a 30-billion-parameter MoE model entirely on-device, alongside advanced camera and 8K video recording support.
Background
Qualcomm's Snapdragon series is the dominant mobile platform for Android flagships globally. The company has been increasingly focusing on on-device AI as smartphones compete to offer capable AI agents and personal assistants without relying solely on cloud processing.
- Source
- TechCrunch
- Published
- Sep 23, 2026 at 04:00 AM
- Score
- 8.0 / 10