{"slug": "qualcomm-reveals-two-new-smartphone-chips-focusing-on-agentic-ai", "title": "Qualcomm reveals two new smartphone chips focusing on agentic AI", "summary": "Qualcomm launched two new flagship smartphone chips, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, at its annual Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii on Tuesday, with the company saying both are designed for agentic AI. Chris Patrick, SVP and GM of Mobile Handsets at Qualcomm, said the multi-flagship strategy brings \"our latest AI innovations to a broader range of premium devices.\" The chips land in premium Android devices from Xiaomi, Motorola, and ZTE, as Qualcomm works to cut its reliance on smartphones and nearly double its fiscal 2029 non-handset revenue projections to $40 billion.", "body_md": "Qualcomm ([QCOM](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/QCOM/)) launched its latest smartphone chips during its annual Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii on Tuesday.  \n\nThe Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 are designed, the company says, with agentic AI in mind.\n\nQualcomm sees running AI agents and models on their devices as a cheaper alternative to users having to pay to run applications via the cloud.\n\n\"Today marks a milestone as we introduce not one, but two new flagship mobile platforms, delivering agentic AI experiences that are immediate, personal, and adaptive,\" Chris Patrick, SVP and GM of Mobile Handsets at Qualcomm, said in a statement.\n\n\"As the agentic AI age evolves, our multi-flagship strategy allows us to push the boundaries of what's possible for mobile while bringing our latest AI innovations to a broader range of premium devices,\" he added.\n\nQualcomm's smartphone chips land inside premium Android-powered devices across the globe, including Xiaomi, Motorola, ZTE, and others.\n\nThe mobile chip giant is in the middle of a massive reinvention, as it seeks to reduce its reliance on the smartphone market and dive into growth drivers like the AI data center space.\n\nDuring its investor day in June, Qualcomm provided greater insights into how it plans to do that, revealing a [__line of data center components and servers__](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/qualcomm-debuts-line-of-ai-data-center-chips-and-systems-increasing-competition-with-nvidia-193000684.html) and announcing it is nearly doubling its fiscal 2029 non-handset revenue projections to $40 billion. \n\nThe company initially began its push to reduce its dependence on smartphone revenue by turning toward edge devices — products including laptops, smart glasses, and self-driving vehicle technologies.\n\nStill, smartphone-related sales continue to drive Qualcomm's revenue for the moment. In its July earnings report, the company's CDMA Technologies segment revenue, which includes smartphone, internet of things, and automotive sales, brought in $8.5 billion of Qualcomm's $9.9 billion in total sales for the quarter.\n\nHandset sales in particular topped $5.1 billion. Automotive-related sales hit $1.5 billion.\n\n*Email Daniel Howley at dhowley@yahoofinance.com. Follow him on X at* *@DanielHowley**.* \n\n**Click here for the latest technology news that will impact the stock market****.** \n\n**Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo Finance**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qualcomm-reveals-two-new-smartphone-chips-focusing-on-agentic-ai", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/qualcomm-reveals-two-new-smartphone-chips-focusing-on-agentic-ai-200000608.html", "published_at": "2026-09-22 20:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-22 20:25:34.051764+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-agents", "ai-chips", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Qualcomm", "Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6", "Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6", "Chris Patrick", "Xiaomi", "Motorola", "ZTE", "Snapdragon Summit"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qualcomm-reveals-two-new-smartphone-chips-focusing-on-agentic-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qualcomm-reveals-two-new-smartphone-chips-focusing-on-agentic-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qualcomm-reveals-two-new-smartphone-chips-focusing-on-agentic-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qualcomm-reveals-two-new-smartphone-chips-focusing-on-agentic-ai.jsonld"}}