Qualcomm rises after deal with Amazon to develop custom chips for AI data centers

QUALCOMM Incorporated

08/09/2026 14:33

** Smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm's shares QCOM.O rise 7.7% to $181.5 premarket
** Co announces a collaboration with Amazon AMZN.O to develop custom chips for large-scale AI data centers for the e-commerce giant
** QCOM and AMZN to collaborate on optical connectivity solutions to support growing bandwidth demands in AI data centers
** QCOM plans to expand its use of AWS AI tools, including Amazon Bedrock, to accelerate chip designing
** 15 of 41 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 23 "hold" and three "sell"; median PT is $175
** As of last close, QCOM stock down 1.4% YTD

 (Reporting by Anand Gopal in Bengaluru)
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