Qualcomm says Snapdragon's Hexagon NPU now runs 30B+ parameter MoE models on-device
samcharrington · x · 2026-09-23
At Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm's Chris Patrick highlighted the growing mobile inference capabilities of Snapdragon processors and the Hexagon NPU, which now support running 30B+ parameter MoE models on-device — pushing the ceiling for on-device LLMs even higher.
Related event: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 brings 30B MoE models on-device(3 posts)→
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