Qualcomm to Acquire Modular
Summary
Qualcomm announces the acquisition of Modular, the startup behind the Mojo programming language and AI infrastructure tools, marking a significant move in AI hardware-software integration.
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Mojo 1.0 has been fully open-sourced under an Apache 2.0 license, making the AI programming language accessible to developers worldwide. The announcement also includes the launch of Modular Cloud and expanded support for various hardware accelerators.
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