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Qualcomm Says Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Runs 30B-Parameter AI Models Locally on Phones

Sep 28, 2026

The Deep View

Qualcomm says its Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 can run 30-billion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts AI models directly on phones by loading needed experts from flash storage instead of requiring roughly 32GB of RAM.

Hardware Foundation Models

Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 With On-Device 30B-Parameter AI Support

Sep 28, 2026

The Deep View

Qualcomm launches the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, a mobile chip designed to run 30-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts AI models directly on phones, targeting next year’s Android flagships alongside Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 wearables hardware.

Hardware AR/VR & Wearables Agents

Inferact Open-Sources TPU v7 Megakernels, Claims Kimi K3 Tops 700 Tokens/s

Sep 25, 2026

Inferact

Inferact open-sources TPU v7 megakernels and claims its Kimi K3 implementation surpasses 700 tokens per second with speculative decoding on 16 TPU v7 chips, using one Pallas kernel to fuse all 92 MoE layers.

Hardware Open Source Coding & Developer Tools

Meta Unveils Charm AI Pendant and Expands Muse With Voice, Avatars and AI Glasses Access

Sep 25, 2026

The Deep View

Meta unveils the Charm AI pendant and expands its Muse assistant with voice, interactive avatars, Mac control, email and AI-glasses access, while Mark Zuckerberg says the 2-inch-display wearable packs 5G, dual cameras and a fingerprint sensor.

AR/VR & Wearables Consumer Products Hardware

Perplexity Brings Portable On-Device AI Agents to AMD Ryzen AI Max Windows PCs

Sep 25, 2026

Perplexity AI

Perplexity brings its Portable on-device AI agents to AMD Ryzen AI Max Windows PCs, letting Pro and Max subscribers run PPLX 27B or Qwen 27B locally with Gmail, Outlook, Slack, and GitHub integrations without using Computer credits.

Agents Hardware

AMD Says Sixth-Generation EPYC CPUs Lead Agentic AI Data Center Workloads

Sep 25, 2026

AMD

AMD says its sixth-generation EPYC processors lead agentic AI data-center workloads, offering up to 512 threads, 16 memory channels, PCIe Gen 6 and boost clocks up to 5 GHz for AI agent host nodes and sandboxes.

Hardware Data Centers Agents

Google Launches First Project Suncatcher AI Satellite to Test Trillium TPUs in Orbit

Sep 25, 2026

Google

Google launches Project Suncatcher’s first prototype satellite on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission to test Trillium AI chips in low Earth orbit, ahead of a 2027 two-satellite laser-link demonstration for orbital TPU clusters.

Space Hardware Data Centers

Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 for AI-Powered Audio Wearables

Sep 24, 2026

The Deep View

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2, an on-device AI platform for earbuds, smart glasses, watches and pins that it says doubles AI capability while using 40% less power and can run multiple AI agents at once.

AR/VR & Wearables Hardware Audio & Voice Agents

CXMT Says Its 11.95nm Fifth-Generation DRAM Enters Mass Production, Matching Samsung and Micron Nodes

Sep 23, 2026

TNW | Semiconductors

ChangXin Memory Technologies says its 11.95nm fifth-generation DRAM has entered mass production, claiming parity with Samsung and Micron’s leading nodes while using four-exposure patterning under U.S. export controls.

Hardware Geopolitics

Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Chips, With Extreme Model Running 30B-Parameter AI

Sep 23, 2026

The Deep View

Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and 8 Elite Gen 6 chips, with the Extreme model running 30-billion-parameter on-device AI and debuting in Motorola’s Signature 27.

Hardware Consumer Products Audio & Voice