Qualcomm unveils AI technologies and collaborations for PCs, cars, smart homes and businesses in CES 2025.

At the big tech trade show in Las Vegas, Qualcomm Technologies showed how it is using the AI ​​capabilities of its chips to drive the transformation of user experiences across different device categories, including PCs, auto, smart home and businesses.

The company unveiled the Snapdragon X platform, the fourth platform in its high-performance PC portfolio, the Snapdragon X Series, which brings industry-leading performance, multi-day battery life, and AI leadership in many areas. in the Windows ecosystem. Qualcomm talked about how its processors are progressing to grab share from x86-based AMD and Intel rivals through better efficiency. Qualcomm’s neural processing unit scored around 45 TOPS, an important benchmark for AI PCs.

In addition, Qualcomm Technologies demonstrated the continued traction of the Snapdragon X Series, with more than 60 designs in production or development and more than 100 expected by 2026.

Snapdragon for cars

Qualcomm demos chips that expand automotive collaborations. It is working with Alpine, Amazon, Leapmotor, Mobis, Royal Enfield, and Sony Honda Mobility, looking at Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions to drive AI-powered in-cabin and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).

Qualcomm also announced continued traction for its Snapdragon Elite-tier platforms for automotive,
which highlights its work with Desay, Garmin, and Panasonic for the Snapdragon Cockpit Elite. Throughout the show, Qualcomm will highlight its holistic approach to improving comfort and focusing on safety with demonstrations of the convergence potential of AI, multimodal contextual awareness, and the cloud.
base services.

Attendees will also get a first look at the new Snapdragon Ride Platform with an integrated automated driving software stack and system definition jointly developed with BMW.

Smart home 2.0

The La Jolla, California-based company also showcased new AI chatbots integrated into appliances, advanced smart TVs, humanoid robots, and more. Qualcomm sees 2025 as the start of “Smart Home 2.0,” with significant advances from the integration of generative AI to edge products. The company presents devices with high-powered processors capable of handling complex AI tasks independently, improving user interaction and device functionality.

And it announced the next evolution of the Qualcomm Aware Platform, a cloud-based service that empowers businesses to equip their devices with location, visibility, and monitoring capabilities to enable.
the development of IoT solutions that meet the specific needs and challenges of consumers and businesses
in a wide range of industries, including logistics, retail, energy, smart home, robotics and more.

Qualcomm also introduced the Qualcomm AI On-Prem Appliance Solution, an on-premise desktop or wall mounted hardware solution, and the Qualcomm Cloud AI Inference Suite, a set of software and services for AI inference that goes from near to near. cloud The combination of these new offerings allows small and medium enterprises, enterprises and industrial organizations to run custom and off-the-shelf AI applications on their premises, including generative workloads. Running AI inference in places can provide significant savings in operational cost and overall total cost of ownership, compared to the cost of renting third-party AI infrastructure.

The Qualcomm Booth will be at #5000 in the West Hall at LVCC with demos.

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