# Qualcomm SDKs overview

Qualcomm^®^ offers a set of software development kits (SDKs) for you to develop AI/ML, multimedia, and
robotics applications for various operating systems on the Qualcomm^®^ software environment. The key SDKs include Qualcomm^®^ Intelligent Multimedia SDK (IM SDK) to develop AI/ML and MM applications, and Qualcomm^®^ Intelligent Robotics SDK to support robotics applications.

The following figure shows how the components of the Qualcomm Intelligent Multimedia SDK and Qualcomm Intelligent Robotics SDK support the Qualcomm Linux/Ubuntu distribution on development kits:

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SDKs

The following table describes each SDK and its intended target application:

| SDK | Description | Target application |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Qualcomm Intelligent Multimedia SDK (IM SDK)](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70020-51) | Provides an environment for developing applications for AI and multimedia use cases. | AI and multimedia |
| [Lite Runtime](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70020-54) | An open-source deep learning framework designed for on-device inference using the TensorFlow framework. | AI |
| [Qualcomm Neural Processing SDK](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-63442-2/overview.html) | A software-accelerated runtime environment for running deep neural networks. | AI |
| [Qualcomm AI Engine Direct SDK](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-63442-50/overview.html) | A unified API and modular-per-accelerator libraries for full-stack AI applications. | AI |
| [Qualcomm Intelligent Robotics SDK](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70020-265) | Provides an environment for developing applications for general robotics use cases. Includes libraries designed for AI, multimedia, and robotics applications. | Robotics |

Next steps

To learn how to set up your development environment and get started on your own AI application development project, see the [AI Developer Workflow](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70020-15B).

Last Published: Oct 10, 2025

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