Google and Qualcomm collaborate to accelerate AI development

Qualcomm today at its Snapdragon Summit 2021 announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to bring the latter's Neural Architecture Search to Qualcomm platforms. The move is designed to speed up the development of AI models at the edge. Qualcomm claims the announcement will make it the first system-on-a-chip (SoC) customer to offer the Google Cloud Vertex AI Neural Architecture Search services. It will first be available on the Snapdragon 8, Gen 1 Mobile Platform, followed by the Snapdragon portfolio across mobile, IoT, automotive, and XR platforms. As AI/ML hardware has become more widespread, attention has turned to the software stack, which often consists of point solutions.