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title: "Qualcomm and AWS to co-develop custom silicon for AI data centers"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/qualcomm-and-aws-to-co-develop-custom-silicon-for-ai-data-centers-f04b06
source_name: "Data Center Dynamics"
source_url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/qualcomm-and-aws-partner-on-custom-silicon-for-large-scale-ai-data-centers/
published: 2026-09-08T16:00:07.000Z
topics: ["chips"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
---

# Qualcomm and AWS to co-develop custom silicon for AI data centers

*2026-09-08 · Source: [Data Center Dynamics](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/qualcomm-and-aws-partner-on-custom-silicon-for-large-scale-ai-data-centers/)*

Qualcomm and AWS announced a partnership to build custom silicon for large-scale AI data centers, alongside joint work on an optical connectivity solution supporting up to 1.6 terabits per second.

**Why it matters:** This adds Qualcomm to the growing list of companies building custom AI silicon alongside cloud providers, following AWS's own Trainium chips and similar moves by Google and Microsoft, reflecting an industry-wide push to reduce dependence on Nvidia GPUs for inference and training at scale.

**Topics:** chips

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