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Qualcomm Acquires Alphawave: The AI War Is Heating Up!

Qualcomm has made headlines with the recent closing of its $2.4 billion acquisition of British semiconductor company Alphawave Semi, a strategic move intended to bolster its data center and AI capabilities. The acquisition comes at a time when Qualcomm is gaining momentum across multiple verticals—from its Snapdragon platforms in premium Android smartphones to its growing traction in automotive and industrial IoT. But perhaps the most transformative development lies in its ambitions for the AI data center segment, where it plans to take on incumbents by offering power-efficient inference-focused chips. With Alphawave’s expertise in high-speed wired connectivity, Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) IP, and silicon for AI-heavy data processing, this deal appears to complement Qualcomm’s custom CPU and NPU ambitions. CEO Cristiano Amon emphasized that Alphawave’s integration will directly support Qualcomm’s expansion into next-gen AI data centers.