Qualcomm outlines the improvements in the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro's new NPU

Qualcomm is introducing its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 SoC as well as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro at its annual Snapdragon Summit on September 22. Ahead of that event, today the company is teasing the improvements it’s made to one of the chips’ Hexagon NPU (presumably we’re talking about the Hexagon NPU of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro). This is built for agentic AI, with a transformer-focused Element Accelerator and a 50% larger shared memory that "keeps frequently accessed model data close to the NPU" so that agents "can stay responsive as they juggle longer context, more…

Qualcomm outlines the improvements in the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro’s new NPU.

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