[Qualcomm Senior Vice President: Qualcomm is transitioning to Smart Edge Computing] Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily reported on the 30th that Qualcomm is transitioning from a communications company to an intelligent edge computing company, according to Alex Katouzian, senior vice president of Qualcomm. "with the accelerated growth of connected devices and data traffic and the rising cost of overlay data centers, it is impossible for [us] to send everything to the cloud." Katouzian says people are also reluctant to do so when it comes to personal information.