Qualcomm to Bolster AI and IoT Capabilities with Edge Impulse Acquisition
Summary
IoT opens the door for a myriad of opportunities, and success is about building real-world solutions, enabling developers and enterprises with AI capabilities to extract intelligence from data, and providing them with the tools to build the applications and services that will power the digital transformation of industries.” Widespread adoption of AI in IoT solutions is driven by the ability to augment or automate workflows through rapid data collection, AI-enabled analysis, and enhanced decision-making, allowing enterprises to benefit from improved operational flexibility and efficiency. Since last year, Qualcomm Technologies has adapted its strategy to meet the requirements of various IoT segments providing integrated solutions that combine services, software, and hardware, designed to scale across multiple verticals, including consumer, security, healthcare, retail, energy, and enterprise. The components of Qualcomm Technologies’ approach to IoT include: • Comprehensive chipset roadmap: Application processors and connectivity chips tailored to meet the diverse requirements of industry sectors and devices • Unified software architecture: Software designed for consistency and efficiency across platforms to reduce development and maintenance costs, and enhance security • Suite of services: Cloud services and software-as-a-service capabilities to facilitate commercialization and expand the capabilities of industrial and embedded applications • Ecosystem partners: A network of distributors, independent hardware and software vendors, design centers and system integrators, ODMs and OEMs • Solutions: Purpose-built offerings developed in collaboration with industrial and enterprise customers, using the Company’s technologies and engineering expertise to tackle tough challenges • IoT blueprints: Curated set of technologies, ecosystem partners and solutions to address the needs of multiple industries Edge Impulse’s end-to-end edge AI platform enables over 170,000 developers to easily create, deploy, and monitor AI models on a wide array of edge devices—with support for varied microcontrollers and processors featuring AI accelerators from multiple semiconductor providers. Developers can utilize Edge Impulse’s platform to build solutions for a wide range of applications such as asset tracking and monitoring, manufacturing, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance systems—using various AI capabilities including computer vision, time-series data, audio events and speech recognition. Building on our 40 years of technology leadership in creating era-defining breakthroughs, we deliver a broad portfolio of solutions built with our leading-edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing, and unrivaled connectivity.
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