# 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: 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/80-80022-51) | Provides an environment for developing applications for AI and multimedia use cases. | AI and multimedia | | [AI developer workflow](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-80022-15B) | An open-source deep learning framework designed for on-device inference using the TensorFlow framework. | AI | | [Qualcomm Hexagon SDK](https://softwarecenter.qualcomm.com/catalog/catalog-suite/Qualcomm%20Hexagon%20SDK) | Allows you to execute your code directly on Hexagon DSPs using computation offload. For a comprehensive overview of the system architecture and the development tools, see [Hexagon SDK QPM](https://softwarecenter.qualcomm.com/catalog/catalog-suite/Qualcomm%20Hexagon%20SDK). | Hexagon DSP | 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/80-80022-15B). Last Published: May 13, 2026 [Previous Topic Hardware SoCs](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/80-80022-115/topics/soc.md)