Amazon Teams Up with Qualcomm on Custom AI Chips for AWS

Amazon has announced a multi-generation partnership with Qualcomm to co-develop custom AI data center chips. This agreement includes a warrant that gives Amazon the right to acquire Qualcomm shares, tied to future order volume.

The deal also involves Qualcomm expanding its use of Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI platforms as part of their broader collaboration on large-scale AI infrastructure.

Amazon's custom chip work is directly relevant to how it runs its own services and supports external customers building AI applications, thanks to the company's heavy computing needs and large cloud footprint through AWS.