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Qualcomm poaches Xeon chief architect to compete better with AMD and Intel in AI data center CPU market

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  • Qualcomm currently sells AI accelerator processors but has the CPU market in its sights
  • Sailesh Kottapalli’s expertise is in x86 architecture, not Arm
  • But that didn’t stop Qualcomm from bringing him onboard to lead its data center team

Qualcomm, renowned for its Snapdragon processors powering business smartphones and laptops around the world, has made a potentially key hire as it looks to challenge the likes of AMD and Intel in the processor market.

The company’s latest coup is hiring Sailesh Kottapalli, a former chief architect for Xeon processors and a 28-year Intel veteran.

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