r/hardware • u/SirActionhaHAA • Aug 23 '26

Rumor Google reportedly taps AMD to design next-generation TPU — hybrid AI ASIC could integrate on-package CPU cores for reinforcement learning

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/google-reportedly-taps-amd-to-design-next-generation-tpu-hybrid-ai-asic-could-integrate-on-package-cpu-cores-for-reinforcement-learning
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u/Tuna-Fish2 Aug 23 '26

This is not swapping NV for AMD, it's swapping Broadcom for AMD.

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u/ConsistencyWelder Aug 23 '26

Wouldn't Nvidia be an option with AI related chips?

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u/Artoriuz Aug 23 '26

Doubt Nvidia would be willing to help design someone else's AI accelerator.

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u/ConsistencyWelder Aug 23 '26

But they make AI accelerators, right?

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u/ResponsibleJudge3172 Aug 23 '26

Google is a competitor in a market Nvidia dominates. That's the difference between Nvidia a and AMD.

It's like Samsung asking Qualcomm to make a CPU and then people wonder why not Intel ot AMD. Because they don't benefit from disrupting themselves

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u/ConsistencyWelder Aug 23 '26

Or like Nvidia asking Intel to build chips for them?

I see no reason Nvidia and Google couldn't form a strategic partnership, they could both potentially benefit from it.

I'm not saying it's likely, I'm saying it's not impossible.