Amazon ropes Qualcomm into something, something AI, networking chips
Multi-generation chip collab is more buzzwords than compute..
Multi-generation chip collab is more buzzwords than compute.
The short version
- Amazon Web Services on Tuesday tapped mobile chip titan and aspiring datacenter SoC maker Qualcomm to develop "customized" silicon for AI inference and 1.6 Tbps optical networking gear to tie it all together, though it offered few details.
- Amazon's purchases and other commercial commitments under the agreement could total up to $60 billion in payments through September 2036.
- While details remain vague, custom chip deals of this sort aren’t unusual for cloud providers like Amazon.
What happened
The cloud giant has previously engaged Intel to develop customized versions of its Xeon processors. Similarly, AMD has built custom CPUs, like the Epyc 9V64H , for Microsoft.
Why it matters
Qualcomm’s involvement could involve the development of fully custom silicon, chiplets, or customized versions of its emerging datacenter accelerator portfolio.
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