Intel Veteran of 28 Years Joins Qualcomm to Helm Server Processor Development
2025-01-15

Qualcomm is venturing into the data center CPU market, strengthened by the addition of Sailesh Kottapalli, the former Chief Architect of Intel's Xeon processors. With a 28-year tenure at Intel, Kottapalli was a pivotal figure in server chip design. Qualcomm is now focused on developing high-performance, energy-efficient server solutions, crafting reference platforms based on Snapdragon system-on-chips to cater to the demands of data center applications. This strategic move aims to build upon Qualcomm's established success in the realm of AI acceleration chips.