# Qualcomm says its HBC near-memory architecture cuts AI inference memory bandwidth gap

> Original title: Qualcomm Has Eyes On The AI Inference Datacenter With HBC And AI250

- Source: The Next Platform
- Published: 2026-11-02T18:02:57.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/dakdfpwjm1ap7rvcpeq66rilo
- Original: https://www.nextplatform.com/ai/2026/11/02/qualcomm-has-eyes-on-the-ai-inference-datacenter-with-hbc-and-ai250/5306954

## Summary

Qualcomm says its first-generation high-bandwidth computing (HBC) silicon, now validated in its lab, delivers up to 18 times the memory bandwidth of LPDDR and five times the TB/s-per-watt energy efficiency of HBM4. The architecture places an AI accelerator under a stack of LPDDR memory and will be integrated into the Dragonfly AI250, which Qualcomm expects to sample in the first half of 2027.