Rise of On-Device AI Power
The saga tracks the rapid advancement of on-device artificial intelligence capabilities through major hardware and software releases. It currently stands with Qualcomm launching new AI-focused chipsets and Xiaomi releasing a large-scale open omnimodal model trained via reinforcement learning.
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Microsoft shows Snapdragon X2 Surface laptops running AI workloads locally
Microsoft demonstrated Snapdragon X2-powered Surface laptops at the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, showcasing local AI capabilities for creative workflows. Demos included haptic feedback in the touchpad…
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Qualcomm launches two Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips built for on-device agentic AI
Qualcomm announced two flagship smartphone processors, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, both built on a 2-nanometer process. The chips feature custom Oryon…
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Xiaomi releases MiMo-V2.6-Pro-RL, a 1.02T/42B open omnimodal model trained via scaled RL
Xiaomi has released the MiMo-V2.6-Pro-RL model, a flagship open-weight omnimodal AI model with 1.02 trillion total parameters and 42 billion activated parameters, supporting text, image, video, and…
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