Qualcomm's Back in the Data Center Chip Game, Hooking up with Nvidia!

Hey everyone, so get this, Qualcomm just dropped some big news. They're planning to make their own special data center chips, kinda like the brains for computers. And get this, they're gonna use some cool tech from Nvidia to make sure their chips can talk super fast to Nvidia's awesome AI chips. You know how Nvidia is, like, *the* go-to for AI stuff? Well, those AI chips always need a regular computer chip to work with, and usually that's from companies like Intel or AMD. Nvidia's even trying to make their own regular computer chip now, using tech from Arm Holdings. They call it 'Grace'. Pretty neat, right?

Anyway, Qualcomm said on Monday they're jumping back into making data center computer chips. They actually tried this back in the 2010s, working with Meta (you know, the Facebook folks?), but they kinda stopped because, well, things got expensive and they had some legal headaches. But after they bought a team of super talented chip designers back in 2021, like, the ones who used to work at Apple, they've been quietly working on it again. They've even been chatting with Meta again about these data center chips. They also just confirmed last week that they’ve got a deal with a company in Saudi Arabia called Humain to build a custom chip for them. Pretty exciting!

Here's the cool part though, on Monday, Qualcomm mentioned that their new chips will use Nvidia's tech to make sure they can chat lightning fast with Nvidia's graphics chips, or GPUs. Those are the things that power all the AI magic. Cristiano Amon, the big boss at Qualcomm, said something like, "By connecting our chips to Nvidia's setup, we're both working towards making super fast and energy-saving computers for data centers." It sounds like they're really trying to make things work smoothly together. It makes you wonder, what kind of cool things will happen when these two giants team up? Maybe if you're looking for someone to help you understand all this tech jargon, you could check out Fiverr? I dunno, just a thought!

Tbh, it's pretty interesting to see Qualcomm stepping back into this space. They’ve got some history here, and now with Nvidia on board, it could be a game-changer. We'll have to wait and see how it all plays out, but it feels like things are getting pretty competitive in the data center world. What do you think will be the next big thing?