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Qualcomm/ARM outperform, Intel underperforms after Google server report

Feb. 03, 2016 11:13 AM ETAlphabet Inc. (GOOG) StockGOOG, INTC, QCOM, ARMH, GOOGLBy: Eric Jhonsa, SA News Editor73 Comments
  • Bloomberg reports Google (GOOG, GOOGL) is "planning to publicly give its support" for Qualcomm's (QCOM +1.4%) first ARM (ARMH +2.2%) server CPUs at an investor event next week. It adds Google and Qualcomm have cooperated on design work, and that the former will commit to using the latter's chips if they meet performance goals.
  • Google is the world's biggest server buyer, and has largely relied on Intel's (INTC -4.1%) Xeon CPUs. The Web giant's adoption of Qualcomm processors, even if for only a fraction of its workload, would act as a major reference win for the fledgling ARM server CPU market. There has been speculation Amazon might also adopt ARM server CPUs, following its acquisition of chip startup Annapurna Labs (recently unveiled a line of low-end network processors).
  • Qualcomm is just four months removed from showing off a prototype ARM server CPU featuring custom cores. The company has been hoping the server market will provide a long-term sales lift as it continues dealing with mobile pressures - Qualcomm's chip division (QCT) sales fell 22% Y/Y in calendar Q4 to $4.1B.
  • Intel has been hoping to keep Google and other major Web/cloud clients loyal in part by providing custom Xeon CPUs, and by creating products that place Xeon chips and recently-acquired Altera's FPGAs (can be programmed on the fly to handle new algorithms/code) in the same package. Qualcomm has partnered with Altera archrival Xilinx.
  • Qualcomm and ARM are higher in spite of a 1.6% Nasdaq drop. Intel is underperforming; shares are down 3.3% after accounting for the fact Intel is trading ex-dividend.

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