Qualcomm, which is in the mobile field, announced its intention to enter the server market at the end of 2014, and built a server chip based on ARM architecture. The Qualcomm Data Center Division (QDT) was established for this purpose, and the first 48 was demonstrated for the first time in two years. Core server chip, officially released the Centriq 2400 series at the end of 2017.
But after half a year has passed, Qualcomm’s server road is very rough. Almost no customers have adopted their plans. QDT President Anand Chandrasekher left in May this year, after which the department was streamlined and layoffs reached 280.
just now, Dileep Bhandarkar, vice president of technology at QDT, also left. He is the soul of Qualcomm's Falkor ARM server architecture design.
Bhandarkar himself and Qualcomm did not make any public statements about the departure, and people only heard about him in the recent SemiCon West 2018 semiconductor exhibition.
Bhandarkar's resume is very prominent. He has been in charge of Intel's senior architecture design for 12 years. He left his post in 2007, and spent six years at Microsoft to promote data center innovation and standards. He then joined Qualcomm to lead the server, and it is also the IEEE Standards Association. Lifetime academician.
Qualcomm Centriq processor architecture diagram
As a result, Qualcomm’s server path is less likely to see the future, but a Qualcomm spokesperson responded to the report. Qualcomm remains committed to the data center business, will not give up, but only reduced investment, and will continue to promote joint investment with China.
In January 2016, Qualcomm and Guizhou Provincial People's Government jointly established 'Guizhou Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.' (HXT), which designs and develops server-specific chips for the Chinese market. The two parties hold 45% and 55% respectively. An important step for Qualcomm's technology exchange for the market.
The first server chip independently developed by Huaxintong, 'Huaxin No.1', was successfully produced at the end of 2017 and will be put into commercial use in the second half of this year.
Qualcomm server prototype
