Broadcom will develop custom ASIC chips for Apple and has agreed to expand its technology collaboration to 2031.
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Apple invests over $30 billion to deepen its partnership with Broadcom and expand its domestic chip manufacturing operations in the United States.
According to ChainCatcher, citing CNBC, Apple announced on Wednesday a multi-year partnership with chipmaker Broadcom, expected to exceed $30 billion. This is Apple's largest commitment to U.S.-made manufacturing to date. Under the agreement, Broadcom will continue to develop and supply customized ASIC chips (increasingly used in AI workloads) and wireless components for cellular networks, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity for multiple generations of Apple products until 2031. The report indicates that the partnership is expected to facilitate the production of more than 15 billion U.S.-made chips and includes a $1.5 billion expansion of Broadcom's Fort Collins, Colorado factory. Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that this move is the largest single project in Apple's $600 billion U.S. investment plan announced in 2025, aimed at responding to the Trump administration's call to promote domestic manufacturing and helping to establish an end-to-end silicon supply chain in the United States.
Broadcom and Apple extend their custom chip partnership until 2031
PANews reported on July 6th that, according to Bloomberg, Broadcom and Apple have extended their custom chip supply and development partnership until 2031. Building on their existing collaboration on radio frequency and wireless connectivity chips, the two companies will continue their long-term research and development and supply of dedicated chips for products such as the iPhone. The products covered by the agreement will primarily be designed and manufactured in the United States, involving multi-billion dollar long-term procurement commitments.
ING: Nvidia's profit margins are threatened by customers developing their own chips.
According to Mars Finance, on July 7th, Jan Frederik Slijkerman of ING wrote in a report that Nvidia's ability to maintain profit margins is uncertain as tech giants develop their own chips. He pointed out that major customers such as Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon are developing their own custom chips to help control AI infrastructure costs (capital expenditure efficiency). He stated that, therefore, Nvidia's pricing power may face more intense competition than in recent years, making it more difficult for it to maintain its currently extremely high profit margins in the long term, despite the company's expansion into new business lines.
Broadcom shares rose more than 4% in pre-market trading after the company extended its technology collaboration with Apple to 2031 through a new multi-year agreement.
According to BlockBeats, on July 6th, citing SEC filings, Broadcom (AVGO.O) and Apple (AAPL.O) have extended their technology collaboration to 2031 through a new multi-year agreement. Broadcom will develop and supply a range of custom ASIC silicon products for use in the manufacture of multiple generations of Apple products. Possibly influenced by this positive news, Broadcom's US-listed shares rose in pre-market trading, currently up over 4%.
Citrini analyst Jukan: MediaTek reportedly has secured Meta as an ASIC customer, following its TPU offerings.
According to a post on the X platform by Citrini analyst Jukan, Odaily Odaily, supply chain sources indicate that MediaTek has essentially secured a second ASIC customer besides Google. If all goes as planned, this customer will be Meta, previously rumored. MediaTek, as is customary, does not publicly comment on individual products, customer situations, or market rumors. While Qualcomm currently appears to have key customers such as Meta, Microsoft, and ByteDance, industry insiders believe that MediaTek's continued deepening of its cooperation with Google and its potential to secure a second customer puts it at a disadvantage. Semiconductor supply chain sources state that, considering the order prospects and generational transition pace of major cloud service providers for AI data centers and ASIC products, Google remains the most aggressive and proactive major customer. MediaTek not only has two products codenamed Zebrafish and Humufish, but according to market information and confirmation from industry insiders familiar with ASICs, its participation in the v9 generation Triggerfish is almost certain. This means that from the end of 2026 to 2028, and even into 2029, MediaTek can reliably receive revenue contributions from TPU mass production. Compared to Qualcomm's $15 billion cloud AI revenue target for 2029, it's only a matter of time before MediaTek, holding multiple TPU ASIC orders, reaches the $10 billion level. The industry is also focused on whether MediaTek can successfully secure its second major cloud service provider client. Based on earlier market information and recent supply chain confirmations, MediaTek is still actively collaborating with Meta on ASIC products, likely focusing on AI acceleration chips. Meta recently partnered with Arm and Qualcomm, but the products are all CPU-oriented, with no further concrete news regarding its self-developed AI acceleration chips. IC design industry insiders say that Meta's recent cloud AI development strategy has indeed been rather chaotic and unclear, with multiple adjustments to its internal chip development plans, seeking multiple partners and adopting different solutions in the CPU field alone. Regarding AI acceleration chips, although Meta has officially announced its collaboration with Broadcom, supply chain sources indicate that this has not interrupted the ongoing collaboration between MediaTek and Meta. IC design industry professionals also emphasized that MediaTek and Qualcomm's cloud AI development blueprints are still significantly different. MediaTek is concentrating all its resources on ASIC business, while Qualcomm plans to simultaneously promote customization and standardization, while also covering AI acceleration chips and CPU products.
Apple to increase spending on its partnership with Broadcom; deal expected to exceed $30 billion.
According to Mars Finance, Apple will increase its spending on its partnership with Broadcom, an agreement expected to exceed $30 billion and produce more than 15 billion U.S.-made chips. (Cailian Press)