Qualcomm positions itself at the center of digital transformation in India and demonstrates its Developer First approach

Qualcomm has been at the forefront of innovation in India for the past two decades, contributing significantly to advancements in technology, particularly in fields such as 5G and artificial intelligence (AI). Its dedication to fostering a culture that prioritizes innovation, includes providing startups and the developer community with access to breakthrough technologies that will further enable innovation that accelerates the digital economy and drives the greater good.

India’s historical leadership in software development has a significant impact on its burgeoning contributions to the global developer community. To strengthen collaborations with its partners and developer ecosystem, Qualcomm is hosting an in-person Developer Conference in Hyderabad on April 17^th, 2024, which will bring together 150+ developers, engineers, and industry leaders to showcase their solutions and discuss the latest advancements in tools and technologies that will help accelerate this ecosystem.

More than 10 companies—spanning from embedded design companies, distributors, and independent software vendors are showcasing solutions powered by Qualcomm® and Snapdragon® technologies across segments such as mobile, automotive solutions, robotics, IoT, manufacturing, edge AI boxes and more.

The conference agenda includes keynote addresses by industry and Qualcomm executives, presentations on collaboration programs for partners, and technical sessions covering hardware, software tools, SDKs, and resources for developers that will help to kickstart their projects. Special emphasis has been placed on Edge and Gen AI technologies, with live demonstrations from Qualcomm and partners.

Deeper focus on Developers

Qualcomm is evolving to better connect developers with its offerings and provide better experiences to developers going forward.

While the digital transformation of industries is still in the early phases, the scale of the opportunity for Qualcomm in the long term across many verticals is significant. Qualcomm is accelerating investments in ecosystem development employing an omni-channel strategy to support the growing scale and diversity of its customers and help streamline current community support mechanisms.

Some of these changes include how Qualcomm is adopting a developer-first mindset, scaling its software solutions to support numerous developers beyond traditional customers and contributing to developer ecosystems.

As part of future releases, these developer support resources will be enhanced to add coverage for additional chipset products, software features, developer use cases, sample applications, and support tools.

Unlocking AI Application support for developers

Qualcomm is making strides in fundamental AI research that will bring the core capabilities of AI – perception, reasoning, and action – to every device category, and then scale them across industries, including supporting multiple universities and other external developers through community support mechanisms.

For example, Qualcomm recently announced a grant of $186,000 and front-end support for the newly launched “Edge AI Lab” at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H) towards developing Edge AI use cases and AI models on Qualcomm platforms.

Qualcomm will offer the Qualcomm Innovators Development Kit (QIDK) along with technical knowledge support and mentorship to the research team at IIIT-Hyderabad working on developing Edge AI use cases on Qualcomm platforms. The QDIK is designed to help developers shorten their path to productivity by providing a package of hardware, software, and customer support built on the latest premium Snapdragon system-on-chip (SoC). This gives developers all the features, functions and performance of Snapdragon, all in one place.

The new Qualcomm® AI Hub provides developers a library of more than 80 popular AI and generative AI models pre-optimized for deployment on devices powered by Snapdragon and Qualcomm platforms. Developers can seamlessly integrate these models into their applications, reducing time-to-market, and unlocking the benefits of on-device AI implementations such as immediacy, reliability, privacy, personalization, and cost savings. The optimized models are available today on the Qualcomm AI Hub, GitHub, and Hugging Face. The portfolio is currently available for Mobile, XR, AR, and Robotics Platforms, with more on the way.

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