Why Qualcomm Failed To Mark AI Chip Debut With Meta

After $Qualcomm (QCOM.US)$ released the chip in the fall of 2020, $Meta Platforms (FB.US)$ tested it against a range of alternatives, including the chips Meta has been using and a specialized chip Meta developed internally to handle AI computing work. However, by 2021 spring, Meta had declined to use Qualcomm's chip.
Meta questioned whether the software that accompanied the chip was mature enough to wring the best performance from the chip on future tasks.
At the same time, Qualcomm is continuing to pursue other potential customers such as $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ . A Microsoft spokesman declined to comment on this development.