# Overview
Source: [https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70014-50/topic/overview.html](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70014-50/topic/overview.html)
The Qualcomm® Intelligent Multimedia SDK (IM SDK) is a unified SDK across Internet of
Things (IOT) segments. This SDK enables seamless multimedia and AI/ML application
deployment.
Figure : Qualcomm IM SDK overview

Qualcomm IM SDK provides the development environment for multimedia and AI/ML
applications. The environment consists of upstream and Qualcomm GStreamer plugins as
APIs. These APIs are used to develop and optimize applications, create pipelines, and
customize the plugins.
Table : Qualcomm IM SDK components
| Component | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [GStreamer](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/) | An open-source multimedia framework to expose APIs and plugins in
both multimedia and machine learning domain. |
| [Qualcomm GST plugins](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70014-50/topic/qim-sdk-plugins.html) |