Recent reports suggest that Google has once again made engineering changes to its Tensor Processing Unit, or TPU, pushing the chip's tape-out to around mid-2026. The product in question—known as the v8x and designed by MediaTek—has raised fresh concerns about whether MediaTek can scale its application-specific integrated circuit, or ASIC, business as planned this year.
Anthropic, Google, and Broadcom today announced a massive expansion of their strategic partnership, unveiling a multi-year roadmap that secures approximately 3.5 gigawatts (GW) of next-generation AI computing capacity for Anthropic.
Intel plans to invest a further US$15 million in AI chip startup SambaNova Systems, lifting its stake to about 9% pending regulatory approval, according to Reuters. The move follows a US$35 million investment in February that raised Intel's ownership to 8.2% from 6.8% a year earlier and formalised a strategic collaboration between the two.
Taiwan's IC design sector is undergoing a decisive shift in 2026, with capital markets effectively validating an industry transition toward artificial intelligence (AI), even as recent revenue data still reflects older demand cycles.
As AI shifts from cloud training to edge inference, the memory stack is moving beyond data access toward system-level coordination, reshaping controller design, supply chain roles, and value distribution.
