Ampere to integrate its CPUs with Qualcomm’s cloud-based AI chips for running large models [Video]

Chipmaker Ampere Computing LLC, which makes powerful, Arm-based computer chips for smartphones and data center servers, said today it’s partnering with Qualcomm Inc. on a new joint solution that will enable enhanced artificial intelligence inference at lower costs.

The new partnership was announced today during an annual update (below) that saw Ampere detail its 2024 product roadmap, which is focused on advancing high performance, power-efficient computing for cloud and AI workloads. Aside from the partnership with Qualcomm, one of the major highlights to look forward to is the launch of its new AmpereOne platform, with the first product being a 12-channel, 256-core central processing unit built on an advanced N3 process node.

Ampere is an agnostic, Arm-based chip developerthat has forged strong partnerships with public cloud infrastructure giants such as Amazon Web Services Inc., Google Cloud and Microsoft Corp., helping them to design their own, proprietary data center processors. For instance, Ampere worked with AWS to …