Nvidia Invests $3.5 Billion in MediaTek: How NVLink Fusion Keeps Nvidia at the Center of the Custom AI Chip Boom
Posted on 10th Sep 2026 06:04:39 in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Tagged as: Nvidia, MediaTek, AI chips, NVLink Fusion, custom silicon, semiconductor
Nvidia is buying $3.5 billion of MediaTek convertible bonds and opening its NVLink Fusion platform to the Taiwanese chipmaker's customers. The deal reveals how Nvidia plans to stay essential to AI infrastructure even as Big Tech builds its own custom silicon.
Anthropic Explores Custom AI Chip Partnership with Samsung to Reduce Nvidia Dependence
Posted on 30th Jul 2026 06:03:16 in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Tagged as: Anthropic, Samsung, AI chip, custom silicon, semiconductor, Nvidia, artificial intelligence, 2nm processor
Anthropic has initiated early-stage work on a custom AI chip and is in talks with Samsung Electronics as a potential manufacturing partner, joining a growing list of AI firms developing proprietary silicon to reduce reliance on Nvidia.
