Broadcom–Google TPU partnership
Broadcom–Google TPU partnership is a partnership announced 2016-05-18, currently completed. Google co-develops its TPUs with Broadcom as ASIC design/manufacturing partner across generations.
Deal record from the wafergraph deals corpus · every field traces to the sources listed below · page data as of 2026-09-05
- Type
- partnership
- Announced
- 2016-05-18
- Status
- completed
- Parties
- Alphabet (Google) (buyer), Broadcom (supplier)
- Source confidence
- medium
The companies involved
Alphabet (Google)
Designs TPU AI accelerators and Tensor phone SoCs for internal use. major in Custom Silicon Designers, headquartered in United States, market cap $4.14T. 73 tracked suppliers, 2 tracked customers · supply-chain risk
Broadcom
Networking silicon leader and main designer of hyperscaler custom AI chips. leader in Networking Silicon, headquartered in United States, market cap $1.70T. 74 tracked suppliers, 45 tracked customers · supply-chain risk
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Sources
Cite as: wafergraph, “Broadcom–Google TPU partnership”, https://wafergraph.com/deal/broadcom_google_tpu/ (data as of 2026-09-05).
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