How 5G Will Unleash AI

When it comes to the 5G roll-out, AI will definitely be supercharged. "AI is a huge priority," said John Smee, who is the VP of engineering and head of 5G R&D for Qualcomm. "We are seeing at transformation happening, with AI going from the cloud to being distributed, such as on the edge or IoT devices." In preparation for this, Qualcomm has been embedding AI capabilities on its chips. Note that its AI engine has applications for cameras, battery life, security and gaming--allowing for neural network processing.