Machine learning is no longer a technology confined to supercomputers and massive AI engines – it is coming to the edge of the network and even to the handset, to power new user experiences and make complex decisions close to the user. Google’s work with Movidius, and IBM’s TrueNorth ‘brain chips’ and device-based deployments of Watson, are examples, but perhaps the most ambitious effort comes from Qualcomm with its Zeroth machine learning platform, which can be embedded in the Snapdragon system-on-chip (SoC). Initially, Qualcomm’s Zeroth/Snapdragon work focused on bringing AI algorithms and vision processing to cars, but many other applications are in its sights, as highlighted by its new deep learning software developers’ kit (SDK) for the Snapdragon 820 SoC.…