Qualcomm’s $3.9 billion purchase of Modular aims to change the data center dynamic (opens in new tab)

Qualcomm on Wednesday said that it will spend $3.9 billion to purchase AI-native software platform developer Modular Inc., a move that Qualcomm says will allow it to level the playing field on data centers by creating “a silicon-agnostic compute layer.” The stock-based acquisition “further enables Qualcomm Technologies to deliver a silicon-agnostic compute layer across devices, edge, and data centers, improving performance-per-watt, increasing hardware flexibility, and expanding an open devel...