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Amazon inks $60B AI chip deal with Qualcomm, secures warrant

Qualcomm has secured a significant deal to supply Amazon with custom AI chips and other hardware over the next decade, potentially worth $60 billion. This agreement includes specialized silicon for AWS's data centers, focusing on inference, and advanced optical connectivity systems. As part of the deal, Amazon will receive a stock warrant allowing it to acquire up to 25 million Qualcomm shares for $4 billion, contingent on meeting the hardware purchase commitment. Qualcomm also plans to increase its use of AWS services, including Amazon Bedrock, to streamline its chip design processes. AI

IMPACT This deal signifies a major push by Qualcomm to compete in the AI chip market, potentially diversifying the supply chain for AI infrastructure and challenging Nvidia's dominance.

RANK_REASON Significant partnership and supply agreement between two major tech companies involving substantial financial commitment and future hardware sales.

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Amazon inks $60B AI chip deal with Qualcomm, secures warrant

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. AI Business TIER_1 English(EN) · Graham Hope ·

    Qualcomm Forges AI Chip Deal with Amazon

    The chipmaker is competing with Nvidia, the world’s dominant producer of AI processors.

  2. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Amazon ropes Qualcomm into something, something AI, networking chips

    Multi-generation chip collab is more buzzwords than compute