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Qualcomm enters data center market with Dragonfly C1000 processor

Qualcomm unveils the Dragonfly C1000, a processor optimized for AI agents, and acquires AI startup Modular for approximately $4 billion.

In detail

  • Dragonfly C1000 optimized for AI agents with high performance at low power consumption; Meta plans deployment starting 2028.
  • Modular acquisition: software enables AI applications to run across different chip architectures.
  • Qualcomm nearly doubles revenue forecast for non-smartphone business to $40 billion by 2029; data centers alone: $15 billion.

Why it matters

Qualcomm is aggressively diversifying away from smartphones and positioning itself as an AI infrastructure provider—a signal of intensifying competition for compute resources.

For you Track Qualcomm's progress: if Dragonfly succeeds, it could break Nvidia's dominance in AI inference and lower costs.

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