en.Wedoany.com Reported - Qualcomm Technologies has signed a multi-generational agreement with Meta to supply data center CPUs for the company. Under the agreement, Qualcomm's Dragonfly C1000 data center CPU is expected to support Meta's next-generation server fleet, as the company expands its large-scale computing infrastructure. These processors are scheduled to enter production in the second half of 2028, serving future data center capacity expansion needs.

Qualcomm stated that its platform integrates computing, connectivity, and system-level optimizations, with a focus on improving performance per watt and reducing large-scale operational costs. Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon noted that the company's data center CPUs are designed to deliver leading single-core performance and energy efficiency breakthroughs for large-scale deployments, and the multi-generational agreement with Meta serves as a significant validation of this direction. Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company continues to collaborate with Qualcomm Technologies to design next-generation CPUs for Meta. He mentioned that, combined with other computing investments, the company is rapidly building the necessary infrastructure to deliver personal superintelligence to everyone globally.

Prior to the agreement with Meta, Qualcomm unveiled a broader data center roadmap covering the Dragonfly C1000 CPU, High Bandwidth Compute, the Dragonfly AI300 inference accelerator, connectivity products, and custom chip solutions. The C1000 is Qualcomm's planned data center CPU for agentic, general-purpose, and AI head node workloads, featuring a 250+ core chiplet design based on custom Oryon CPU cores, with commercial availability expected in 2028. High Bandwidth Compute capabilities are integrated as part of the AI inference strategy, aiming to bring computing closer to memory to reduce data movement bottlenecks, a critical issue for large language models and agentic AI workloads.

The Dragonfly AI300 joins the previously announced Dragonfly AI200 and AI250 accelerator series. Qualcomm stated that the AI250 is expected to begin sampling in mid-2027, while the AI300 is expected to begin sampling in 2028. Qualcomm also confirmed that its data center roadmap will follow an annual update cadence, with a focus on AI inference performance, energy efficiency, and total cost of ownership metrics.