At the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm's Chris Lattner introduced the Modular platform to let the same AI software run across GPUs, NPUs and data center ASICs, enabling flexible switching between on-device and cloud execution. He said AI competition is shifting from chips to ecosystems, highlighted Mojo's combination of ease of use and system-level performance, announced Microsoft's native Windows support for Mojo, and said Modular's software platform will join the Snapdragon portfolio.
At the 2026 Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm and PrismML ran a 2-billion-parameter 1-bit quantized Bonsai vision model locally on the Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 smart glasses platform.
On September 24, Qualcomm unveiled the second-generation Snapdragon Audio Platform at the 2026 Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, describing it as its first audio platform to combine premium audio, voice technology, on-device intelligence, and connectivity. The platform integrates Snapdragon Sound, on-device AI, and ultra-low-power Wi-Fi 6E, with peak AI compute of 128 GOPS, double the previous generation, while power consumption is reduced by 40% and size by 30%. It supports multiple form factors including earbuds, over-ear headphones, and audio glasses.
At the 2026 Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii on September 22, Qualcomm announced it will bring its High Bandwidth Compute (HBC) architecture to Snapdragon chips. The near-memory computing architecture places compute under stacked LPDDR DRAM and uses 3D integration and TSVs to shorten data paths, aiming to ease the “memory wall” in AI inference and enable faster, more power-efficient on-device AI models.
At the 2026 Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said the agent era has arrived, with inference and edge computing playing key roles, and positioned Snapdragon as a processor for this era. He described ideal agent experiences as personalized, proactive, responsive, trustworthy and effortless, requiring seamless coordination across phones, PCs, cars, glasses and other devices.
Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Extreme Gen 6 flagship chips at its Snapdragon Summit, with a focus on AI capabilities; the Extreme version can run a 30-billion-parameter MoE model locally. Motorola also launched the Signature 27 phone powered by the chip, expected to hit the market this year.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit 2026 is being held from September 22 to 24 in Hawaii under the theme 'Agentic Age.' The first day includes keynotes from the CEO and on mobile platforms, and the second day focuses on Personal AI and 'Agentic PC.'
Snap held a launch event in Los Angeles, officially unveiling its $2,195 AR glasses, Specs, with CEO Evan Spiegel positioning the device as a wearable computer distinct from rivals' AI glasses and detailing hardware and performance upgrades. The keynote started at 4PM PT on September 16, with a livestream available.