Five years ago “AI” largely meant giant models running in faraway data centers. However, today the story is different, where intelligence is migrating to the device itself, in phones, drones, health wearable’s, factory sensors. This shift is not merely cosmetic, instead it forces the hardware designers to ask: how do you give a tiny, thermally constrained device meaningful perception and decision-making power? As Qualcomm’s leadership puts it, the industry is “in a catbird seat for the edge AI shift,” and the battle is now about bringing capable, power-efficient AI onto the device.
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