Qualcomm To Launch Data Center Processors That Link To Nvidia Chips
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- News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/05/19/2047236/qualcomm-to-launch-data-center-processors-that-link-to-nvidia-chips
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> "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.
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> 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.
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/19/qualcomm-to-launch-data-center-processors-that-link-to-nvidia-chips.html
Open source drivers? (Score:2)
I know it's hard for companies to believe but having open source drivers that are part of the main line kernel is crucial to anything CPU related. I don't think Qualcomm has this kind of foresight which means they are going to continue sabotaging themselves. Seriously, with Qualcomm they would make you sign an NDA just to see their website if they could get away with it. However, if someone knows differently then do tell.
Re: (Score:1)
You harp about open source but have no clue about there Qualcomm Linux projects? None of these chips run on windows, mac or android.
Qualcomm Linux (Score:1)
Not only does Qualcomm contribute to the Linux kernel regularly, with over 10,000 contributions to date, they roll their own Qualcomm Linux distro for use in commercial environments.
[1]https://www.qualcomm.com/devel... [qualcomm.com]
[1] https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/opensource
News flash! (Score:2)
If you didn't know, the margins on data center equipment is WAY better than it is for mobile devices. Especially for the OEMs that only sell a chip and not the whole device.
System on a Chip Datacenter (Score:2)
Fully expecting a micro-form factor datacenters using essentially System on a Chip (SOC) boards of a CPU with on-chip memory, GPU, network and little else other than cooling fans and heat sinks.