Qualcomm Reportedly Helping China's ByteDance With Custom Chip Design Services, Also Acquires Modular To Accelerate Its Unified Compute Strategy
Qualcomm is expanding its chip-design services to China as it is reportedly in early talks with ByteDance. China's ByteDance To Get Custom-Chip Design Assistance From Qualcomm As It Expands Its Revenue Beyond. . .
Qualcomm is expanding its chip-design services to China as it is reportedly in early talks with ByteDance. China's ByteDance To Get Custom-Chip Design Assistance From Qualcomm As It Expands Its Revenue Beyond SmartphonesCustom-chip designs are picking up momentum across the tech industry, and a report byReuterssuggests that Qualcomm might be assisting ByteDance, a leading Chinese firm, with chip-design services. Although the talks between Qualcomm and ByteDance are still early, if they succeed, then that would make ByteDance one of the first customers of Qualcomm's chip-design services. The move will also help Qualcomm diversify its revenue, breaking its shackles from a smartphone-focused chipmaker to a service provider in the chip-making business. Qualcomm is in talks to provide chip-design services to China's ByteDance, four people familiar with the matter said, as the U. S. company seeks to reduce dependence on the smartphone market, its biggest revenue source. via ReutersQualcomm has slowly been entering various markets with the likes of itsX Elite lineupfor AI PCs, and its most recentteaser of datacenter-oriented chips. Now, further diversification is expected through chip-making deals. The ByteDance talks show that US firms are willing to talk with China-based firms despite the US-China relations being in hot water, only somewhat lightened by the recentTrump-Xi meetup. Early details regarding the custom chip suggest that they will be based on AlphaWave Semi's tech, a company that was acquired by Qualcomm last year. There is also talk about designed VPUs, & production is expected as early as this year's end. Today, Modular announced an agreement to be acquired by@Qualcomm. We founded Modular to build a unified compute platform for the world, and unlock a more open, efficient, and hardware-independent future for AI. With Qualcomm, we can bring that vision to more developers,…— Modular (@Modular)June 24, 2026In addition to this, Qualcomm also announced itsacquisition of Modular, a company whose goal is to build the world's first unified compute platform, unlocking a more open, efficient, & hardware-independent ecosystem for future AI workloads. This shows that Qualcomm is serious about expanding into more segments, and data centers are looking to be its next major goal. Next stop: Wall Street. On the way to#QCOMInvestorDay, we break down what matters most to investors. Tune in today. — Qualcomm (@Qualcomm)June 24, 2026This announcement comes just a few hours ahead ofQualcomm's Investor Day 2026, where the company is going to talk about its future endeavors and give its investors a look at future plans for chips, products, and platforms. About theauthor:A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor forhardwaresection. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking. FollowWccftech on Googleto get more of our news coverage in your feeds.