Qualcomm is working on converting parts of mobile phone chips into artificial intelligence chips to compete with Nvidia

Qualcomm is launching a pair of new AI chips in an attempt to challenge Nvidia’s market dominance. on monday, Qualcomm has announced its plans To launch the new AI200 chip next year, followed by the AI250 chip in 2027 – both built on the company’s mobile neural processing technology.

The new chips are designed to deploy AI models, rather than train them. The launch marks a notable change for Qualcomm, which primarily made processors for mobile phones, laptops, tablets and telecommunications equipment.

As reported by CNBCQualcomm’s AI-focused processors are based on the company’s Hexagon neural processing units that power the AI ​​features in its chips. For mobile devices and Laptops. CNBC reports that Qualcomm AI processors could work inside a rack of up to 72 chips that act as a single computer, similar to GPUs from Nvidia and AMD.

The Qualcomm A1200 chip features 768GB of RAM and improved AI inference performance. Meanwhile, the A1250 will come with a “generational leap in efficiency” that the company claims will allow for “significantly lower power consumption.” Humain, the artificial intelligence company within the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, It has already announced plans To use the AI200 and AI250 to power computing systems, based on the partnership for Developing artificial intelligence data centers throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.