Qualcomm has a plan to make drones smaller, better and cheaper

Drones may still have some legal hurdles to fly over before they truly arrive, but as a consumer technology, they’ve shown remarkable progress. We’ve gone form bulky, difficult-to-control monstrosities to tiny Millennium Falcon replicas in the span of a few short years.

Now, with a little help from Qualcomm, they’re about to get even better. The chipmaker –- whose Snapdragon mobile processors power many of the world’s top smartphones –- has unveiled a new class of chip crafted specifically for drones, aptly called Snapdragon Flight.