Qualcomm bets on AI wearables with Wear Elite chip
TL;DR
Qualcomm revealed Snapdragon Wear Elite, a 3nm AI-enabled wearable chip designed for pendants and pins that coexists with W5 Plus, featuring on‑device neural processing (two billion parameters, up to 10 tokens per second), improved power efficiency (GPS uses 40% less power), fast charging (about 50% in 10 minutes) and added satellite, 5G, UWB, Bluetooth 6.0, plus Linux support—signaling a push toward AI wearables and a broader ecosystem.
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