ByteDance and Broadcom in Talks to Develop Advanced AI Chip
- US chip designer already supplies Beijing-based TikTok parent
- Chip would help ensure steady supply for ByteDance AI efforts
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ByteDance Ltd. and Broadcom Inc. have discussed a potential collaboration on an AI processor to help bolster the TikTok parent’s development of that technology.
The US chip designer and Beijing-based ByteDance have talked about a 5-nanometer purpose-built chip, according to a person familiar with the discussions. No deal has yet been reached between the two companies, and Broadcom already supplies an older-generation 7nm AI processor for use in ByteDance’s data centers, the person said, asking not to be named as the information is private.