When Qualcomm Redefines “Inference”: A Shift from Chip Specifications to System Architecture
Executive Summary Qualcomm is once again entering the AI chip arena, but the Cloud AI 200 and AI 250 are not simple upgrades to its previous inference cards. They mark a deeper transformation in architectural language. At the core of this shift is Disaggregated Inferencing, a design approach that separates the inference process into two parts: the Prefill stage and the Decode stage. Each module is optimized for different bottlenecks in capacity and bandwidth, redefining