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The push for smarter AI extends beyond phones, laptops and other personal computing devices.

Qualcomm unveiled two new automotive-geared chips today (October 22) the Snapdragon Cockpit Elite and Snapdragon Ride Elite.

Qualcomm Snapdragon Cockpit and Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride Elite chipsets

Meanwhile, Snapdragon Ride Elite is built to support autonomous driving.

That should result in a 3x boost to performance over the previous generation of Qualcomm’s automotive chips.

Those features include real-time driver monitoring and enhanced object detection.

Qualcomm Snapdragon Cockpit and Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride Elite chipsets

The chipsets benefit from an enhanced image signal processor that promises better visuals even in bad weather.

Forty multimodal sensors and 20 high-resolution camera sensors provide 360-degree monitoring, which includes the interior of the car.

Qualcomm says the chips are configurable so that car makers can use them in different tiers of vehicles.

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Qualcomm plans to make the chips available for sampling in 2025.

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