Designed and marketed by Qualcomm Technologies Inc., Snapdragon is a suite of system-on-chip (SoC) semiconductors embedded in a variety of devices from smartphones to tablets, laptops, and wearables across Android, Windows Phone, and netbook devices.
Due to their extraordinary high performance and efficiency, Snapdragon processors also lie at the heart of the computer industry’s latest Copilot+ PCs. Launched in June 2024 and designed to help users leverage the latest raft of on-device AI capabilities, the new class of Windows PCs are available from manufacturers such as Microsoft, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung.
While Copilot+ PCs bring incredible performance and breakthrough battery life to the computer experience, the muscle behind its AI-powered engine lies in Snapdragon’s Neural Processing Unit (NPU). Hailed as a game changer, the NPU’s enhanced CPU optimization and AI neural networking allows creators to get work done faster and smarter, making Windows on Snapdragon devices ideal for podcasters, streamers, and musicians.
In the field of music production, AI is becoming increasingly central for activities such as audio clean-up, mixing, and processing. Copilot+ PCs, powered by the Snapdragon NPU, are therefore able to create a perfect space for musicians to record and perform, and for music app developers to innovate.
PC users spend 90 per cent of their time using apps that are already native to Snapdragon and developers are increasingly bringing apps to Windows with AI-focused performance capabilities in mind. At Snapdragon’s 2024 Summit, Qualcomm Inc. Senior Vice President, Alex Katouzian, lauded the incredible performance of the Snapdragon X series processor’s ability to “open up unlimited possibilities through the power of AI”.
Moises’ App speed revolutionized by Snapdragon NPU
One such example is the Moises App. Used by 50 million producers and musicians, its AI-powered music platform is revolutionizing how artists use audio to learn, practice, and create. Allowing users to drag any audio or video onto its web or mobile app, Moises’ cloud-based AI isolates vocals and instruments with state-of-the-art quality and precision. The tool enables users to edit, sing, or play along to backing tracks, and even allows them to detect and shift the pitch of a chord and play along in a different key.
At the Snapdragon Summit, Moises showcased a preview version of its app optimized for Snapdragon’s latest NPU. Compared to the CPU, the Snapdragon NPU ran 35 times faster, allowing Moises to run its AI neural networks at breakthrough speeds. As a result, Moises can now deliver the velocity required to run audio instruments and vocal isolation from local and streaming videos, music, movies, conference calls, and more, in real-time from any audio inputted through a Windows platform.
