{"id":2442,"date":"2026-03-02T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/qualcomms-new-chip-is-geared-toward-wearable-ai-gadgets\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:00:00","slug":"qualcomms-new-chip-is-geared-toward-wearable-ai-gadgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/qualcomms-new-chip-is-geared-toward-wearable-ai-gadgets\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualcomm\u2019s new chip is geared toward wearable AI gadgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Render of a snapdragon wear elite chip next to various wearable devices, including a pendant, pin, and smartwatch.\" data-caption=\"AI wearables, all the way down. | Image: Qualcomm\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Qualcomm\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/assets_2026_02_1772145282_Snapdragon-Wear-Elite-Hero-Image.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tAI wearables, all the way down. | Image: Qualcomm\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Like it or not, more AI wearables may be on the horizon &#8211; or at least Qualcomm seems to think so. Today the company announced its new Snapdragon Wear Elite chip. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">At a press briefing, Qualcomm said it considers the Elite to be a \u00ab\u00a0wrist plus\u00a0\u00bb chip. Meaning, it won&rsquo;t replace the previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/19\/23268272\/qualcomm-snapdragon-w5-wearables-processor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W5 Plus<\/a>, but exist alongside it. The company said it expects the Elite will appeal to gadget makers looking to create AI wearables such as pendants, pins, and potentially display-free smart glasses. (More powerful smart glasses will likely use its AR chip.) <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">On top of being upgraded to the 3nm process, the Elite chip will have an eNPU and a Hexagon NPU for A \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/886434\/qualcomm-snapdragon-wear-elite-wearables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI wearables, all the way down. | Image: Qualcomm Like it or not, more AI wearables may be on the [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}