Qualcomm Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine SDK coming to fuel smartphone machine learning
Machine learning already helps power some of the most impressive cloud-connected services we access through our phones. With the release of a new SDK based on its Zeroth Machine Intelligence Platform, Qualcomm is hoping to make it easier for developers to bring some of that same power right to our phones themselves.
Of course, the sort of machine learning roles possible through the use of Zeroth on a Snapdragon 820 aren't unique to just phones, and Qualcomm describes use cases like object tracking and avoidance that could be employed by next-gen vehicles taking advantage of Snapdragon chips.
Today's announcement means that developers will soon have a chance to tap into the power of Zeroth for themselves, writing their own apps that can incorporate powerful machine-learning neural models. They'll get their shot a little later this year, as Qualcomm begins Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine SDK distribution sometime in Q2 2016.
source: Qualcomm
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