Qualcomm targets data centers with low-power Dragonfly C1000
qualcomm unveiled the dragonfly c1000 data center chip optimized for ai agents, with meta planning deployment in 2028.
qualcomm is expanding into the data center market with the dragonfly c1000, a chip optimized for running ai agents with high performance and low power consumption. concurrent with the chip launch, reuters reports qualcomm is acquiring ai startup modular for roughly $4 billion to enable cross-architecture ai software compatibility. meta confirmed it plans to deploy the dragonfly processor starting in 2028, validating the hardware for large-scale ai inference. qualcomm projects $15 billion in revenue from data centers alone as part of a broader goal to reach $40 billion in non-smartphone sales by 2029.