Qualcomm Paints Strategic Contrasts in Cloud, AI, Edge - SDxCentral

Qualcomm executives this week attempted to draw contrasts and explain how their approach to cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and mobile edge computing is different than other technology companies and operators. "Our focus is different than the rest of the industry," Jim Thompson, CTO and executive vice president at Qualcomm said during a media gathering at the company's headquarters. AI, an area of technology that Qualcomm has been working on for the better part of a decade, plays a big role in Qualcomm's vision for what it calls the "edge cloud," Thompson explained. "Our focus has been deep neural networks, deep learning for low power, for devices that you would have a battery in and have limited thermal capability," he said, adding that Qualcomm's interest is not the cloud essentially. "AI is very good at consuming large amounts of data. It comes from the edge of the network, it comes from what people do, it comes from sensors, and all of that is at the edge of the network," he said.