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Broadcom builds the TPU chip. Google designs it. You can’t avoid partnering with Broadcom if you want TPUs in significant volume .
by thundergolfer 6mo ago
Broadcom builds the TPU chip. Google designs it. You can’t avoid partnering with Broadcom if you want TPUs in significant volume .
- alephnerd 6mo agoBroadcom designs it as well [0], though GCP also works on design as well. [0] - https://www.broadcom.com/products/custom-silicon https://www.broadcom.com/products/custom-silicon
- Jyaif 6mo agoTSMC builds the TPU chip. Broadcom does the rest of the electronics (motherboard, networking, etc...)
- nsteel 6mo agoAnd and Broadcom designs a huge part of the chip. They take Google's (mostly) logical design and providing everything TSMC need to physically make the chip (including imports g IP such as serdes, PLLs, and test).