Key Points Qualcomm is entering the artificial intelligence (AI) chip race. Competition is heating up with established AI chip leaders Nvidia and AMD. 10 stocks we like better than Qualcomm › Shares of Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) popped on Monday after the tech giant said it was entering the booming artificial intelligence (AI) chip market. As of 3:15 p.m., Qualcomm's stock price was up more than 12%, after rising as much as 22% earlier in the day. Image source: Getty Images. Qualcomm's new AI chips ...