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Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Series with On-Device AI

Hindustan Times2h
THE BRIEF
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Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipsets at India Mobile Congress 2026 to power upcoming flagship smartphones like Xiaomi devices.

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The Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 can run large language models with up to 30 billion parameters locally on the device for lower latency and improved privacy.

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Built on a 2nm manufacturing process, the new chipsets feature advanced pixel-level subject detection in image signal processors to improve mobile photography.