Google may switch TPU partners from Broadcom to MediaTek for cost optimization. MediaTek might handle I/O modules in partnership, with Google focusing on more in-house TPU design. Changing partners could reduce Google's Broadcom dependency in the AI market.

Google has decided to collaborate with Taiwan’s MediaTek to develop its future-generation Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), a significant shift in the AI chip strategy of the tech giant. The new TPUs will be rolled out next year, The Information reports.

Alphabet's Google is preparing to partner with Taiwan's MediaTek on the next version of its AI chips, Tensor Processing Units, that will be made next year, the Information reported on Monday, citing people involved in the project.