- Google is collaborating with MediaTek and Samsung on chip design, while TSMC produces components for its AI processors, competing with Nvidia.
- Broadcom is developing next-gen AI accelerators for Google amid intense rivalry in the AI chip market.
- Google will co-design the next generation of its TPU chip (TPUv9) with MediaTek, while acknowledging that Broadcom's market share of Google's silicon will slide.
- Broadcom supplies custom AI chips to Google, while MediaTek is eyed as a potential second design partner for Alphabet.
Broadcom, Google, and MediaTek are involved in competitive developments regarding custom AI chips, including long-term agreements and contention for the TPU design partner role.
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Updated Aug 19
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What happened
Broadcom, Google, and MediaTek are involved in competitive developments regarding custom AI chips, including long-term agreements and contention for the TPU design partner role.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Broadcom
American semiconductor manufacturer
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Google
American multinational technology company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
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MediaTek
Taiwanese semiconductor company
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