Qualcomm Unveils Dragonfly C1000 Data Center CPU With 250+ Cores for Agentic AI — Mark Zuckerberg Confirms Multi-Generational Meta Supply Agreement, Production H2 2028

At its June 24 Investor Day, Qualcomm launched the Dragonfly data center CPU portfolio led by the Dragonfly C1000—a chiplet design with 250+ cores at 5GHz, PCIe Gen7/CXL support, LPDDR with optional High Bandwidth Compute attach, and enterprise RAS features, claiming 2x better performance per watt over incumbents. Mark Zuckerberg confirmed Meta has entered a multi-generational CPU supply agreement with Qualcomm, with C1000 production slated for the second half of 2028. The launch directly challenges Intel's Clearwater Forest and AMD's Venice in the growing market for energy-efficient CPU compute for AI inference and agentic workloads.