Qualcomm’s Agentic shift: Chris Patrick on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 series chips and the dual-tier strategy

The launch of the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and its Extreme variant at the Snapdragon Summit 2026 marks a significant and more aggressive push towards an era where AI agents start acting on your behalf to handle tasks in a seamless, secure fashion. On the sidelines of the Summit, I participated in a