Qualcomm bets on custom AI chips, targets Nvidia-led data centre market

New Delhi: Qualcomm is taking aim at Nvidia’s leadership in data centre chips designed for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, targeting a significant market share in the category in the coming year.

A top executive told ET the US-based fabless chipmaker has created several technologies that it believes have tremendous relevance for data centres. “We have to find the right time to go into data centre business with something that’s completely unique,” Akash Palkhiwala, chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Qualcomm, said in an interview.