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Title: Qualcomm To Launch Data Center Processors That Link To Nvidia Chips

Link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/05/19/...

Qualcomm announced plans to re-enter the data center market with custom CPUs
designed to integrate with Nvidia GPUs and software. As CNBC reports, the
move supports Qualcomm's broader strategy to diversify beyond smartphones and
into high-growth areas like data centers, PCs, and automotive chips. From the
report: "I think we see a lot of growth happening in this space for decades
to come, and we have some technology that can add real value added,"
Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm, told CNBC in an interview on Monday. "So I
think we have a very disruptive CPU." Amon said the company will make an
announcement about the CPU roadmap and the timing of its release "very soon,"
without offering specifics. The data center CPU market remains highly
competitive. Big cloud computing players like Amazon and Microsoft already
design and deploy their own custom CPUs. AMD and Intel also have a strong
presence. Addressing the competition, Amon said that there will be a place
for Qualcomm in the data center CPU space. "As long as ... we can build a
great product, we can bring innovation, and we can add value with some
disruptive technology, there's going to be room for Qualcomm, especially in
the data center," Amon said. "[It] is a very large addressable market that
will that will see a lot of investment for decades to come." Last week,
Qualcomm signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi-based AI frim Humain
to develop data centers, joining a slew of U.S. tech companies making deals
in the region. Humain will operate under Saudi Arabia's Public Investment
Fund.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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