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Qualcomm lands Meta as first named customer for its Dragonfly data centre chips

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Qualcomm signed Meta as the first customer for its Dragonfly C1000 data centre chip, due in 2028, and confirmed a $3.9bn Modular acquisition.

Qualcomm has signed Meta as the first named customer for its new Dragonfly C1000 data centre processor, the strongest signal yet that the mobile chipmaker is serious about competing in the AI infrastructure market. The company announced the deal at its investor day in New York on Wednesday, alongside a new AI300 accelerator chip and its confirmed acquisition of AI software startup Modular for roughly $3.9 billion in stock.

The Dragonfly C1000 is a general-purpose server processor designed to sit inside data centres alongside Qualcomm’s AI accelerator chips. Meta has committed to using the C1000 and its successors across its facilities. The chip will not be available until 2028, meaning the partnership is a forward-looking commitment rather than an immediate deployment.

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