Qualcomm launches two AI-focused smartphone chips, can run 30B model locally

At its Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Extreme Gen 6, targeting on-device AI. The Extreme can run a 30B-parameter MoE model locally, supports up to 200M-parameter sensing models, 8K 60fps video and APV codec, with Motorola Signature 27 launching on it.

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