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Amazon partnered with Qualcomm in September 2026 to develop multiple generations of customised AI chips for AWS data centres. The collaboration focuses primarily on AI inference and large-scale data centre infrastructure. The companies also plan to develop high-performance optical connectivity solutions supporting speeds of up to 1.6T, incorporating Qualcomm’s SerDes and optical digital signal processing technologies. Qualcomm will use Amazon Bedrock to manage electronic design automation workloads, with the broader goal of reducing chip design cycle times. The partnership represents Qualcomm’s strategic expansion from its long-standing mobile processing expertise into large-scale artificial intelligence computing infrastructure.