Qualcomm hires former Intel Xeon architect

According to Wccftech , Qualcomm's latest move to enter the server CPU market is the recruitment of Sailesh Kottapalli, former chief architect of Intel's Xeon line, who is now a senior vice president at Qualcomm. This is an important step in the plan to conquer this potential market.

Qualcomm's server CPUs are expected to be based on ARM architecture, using Nuvia HPC high-performance cores, a technology that Qualcomm acquired after acquiring startup Nuvia in 2021. Nuvia was previously expected to develop server CPUs before the Snapdragon X Elite series, but the plan was delayed. With Qualcomm now focusing its resources on this area, it can be seen that the new CPUs have reached an active development stage.

Qualcomm plans to develop ARM-based server CPUs using Nuvia HPC high-performance cores to compete with x86 solutions from Intel and AMD

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Qualcomm is no newcomer to the server CPU space. It launched its Centriq line in 2016, which used the ARM architecture. Despite initial interest, Centriq failed to achieve commercial success due to software support issues and the dominance of the x86 architecture. This will be an important lesson for Qualcomm to learn, especially when it returns to this market in a new context.

However, Qualcomm has a big opportunity to push ARM solutions in the data center market, where competitors like Amazon with Graviton or Ampere Computing have not really broken through. Qualcomm's success in developing the "Windows on ARM" ecosystem is also a positive sign for upcoming server CPU projects.

Qualcomm's entry into the server CPU market is expected to stir up more competition with existing manufacturers. While AMD and Intel continue to dominate with their x86 solutions, Qualcomm is betting on the ARM architecture's ability to deliver higher performance and better energy efficiency.

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