CNME Editor Mark Forker attended an exclusive media roundtable hosted by Nakul Duggal, Group General Manager of Automotive, Industrial and Embedded IoT and Cloud Computing at Qualcomm Technologies, on Day 1 of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The main theme of his presentation was unsurprisingly focused on how AI is completely transforming major industries on a global scale – and how Qualcomm are powering that movement.
Duggal highlighted that the change catalysts behind the AI transformation of industries at scale rely on the core principles of the edge is always connected, the edge is AI-enabled, and workflows are AI-aware.
In a extensive overview of Qualcomm’s portfolio of AI solutions and products, Duggal outlined the power of LLMs in making the data from Analog-to-digital more consumable.
“There is a common theme with our use-cases. It is evident that there is a tremendous amount of Analog information out there, but it’s hard to extract intelligence from it. However, if you put a Large Language Model (LLM) behind the translation of Analog-to-digital then you can consume that information more effectively. AI at the edge makes the sensor intelligent, and that Gen AI power makes the intelligence easier to digest and consume. The Analog world as we know is being converted into a digital world, and it is being done through AI,” said Duggal.
Qualcomm’s AI On-Prem portfolio was introduced at CES 2025, and IBM Watson’s X model is now available at Qualcomm’s AI Hub.
Duggal highlighted how the partnership between Qualcomm and IBM will enable greater governance on AI solutions for businesses, and said it will also enable greater efficiency and reliability.
“At CES 2025, Qualcomm Technologies and IBM announced an expanded collaboration to drive enterprise-grade generative AI solutions across edge and cloud. This partnership includes enabling support for IBM’s Granite models through the Qualcomm® AI Hub, and showcasing integration of watsonx.governance across edge devices powered by Qualcomm Technologies’ platforms to help address security, efficiency, reliability, and governance on AI solutions for businesses,” said Duggal.
Duggal also referenced some notable new product announcements and acquisitions, but those are under embargo until Embedded World on March 10th.
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