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thundergolfertoday at 12:59 AM2 repliesview on HN

Broadcom builds the TPU chip. Google designs it. You can’t avoid partnering with Broadcom if you want TPUs in significant volume .


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Jyaiftoday at 7:46 AM

TSMC builds the TPU chip. Broadcom does the rest of the electronics (motherboard, networking, etc...)

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alephnerdtoday at 1:00 AM

Broadcom designs it as well [0], though GCP also works on design as well.

[0] - https://www.broadcom.com/products/custom-silicon