Patrick opens up about RAMageddon, how surging memory prices are squeezing phone costs at every level, and what Qualcomm is doing to innovate through it with techniques like model compression.
This week Jason Howell and Ron Richards sit down with Chris Patrick, Qualcomm's SVP and GM of Handsets and a 30-year company veteran, for a deep dive into the state of mobile. Patrick opens up about RAMageddon, how surging memory prices are squeezing phone costs at every level, and what Qualcomm is doing to innovate through it with techniques like model compression.
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0:00 Intro
1:36 Introducing Chris Patrick from Qualcomm
3:42 Interview Begins
5:13 What Phone Does Qualcomm's Boss Carry?
6:55 What Would've Been Impossible 30 Years Ago
9:36 AI Becoming the New Phone UI
13:00 On-Device AI: Perception, Reasoning, Action
17:05 Engineering Chips for Foldables
19:57 Inside the Qualcomm-Samsung Partnership
23:18 Galaxy Unpacked Preview
24:10 Are Wearables Replacing Smartphones?
27:51 RAMageddon: Why Phone Prices Are Surging
32:39 What Happens to Budget Android Phones
36:19 Competing With Your Own Customers
39:11 Snapdragon Summit 2026
41:02 Wrapping Up With Chris
