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Nvidia Invests $3.5B in MediaTek for AI Accelerators

8/31/2026

Summary

Story summary

Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion in Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek.
MediaTek will use Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion platform to build custom AI accelerators for rack-scale data centers.
The partnership targets hyperscalers and cloud providers such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic.
MediaTek aims to generate $2 billion in data-center ASIC revenue by 2026.
Nvidia stock rose 0.63% to $218.93 in pre-market trading after the August 31, 2026 announcement.

History

Historical Context

In 2019, Intel completed its $7 billion acquisition of Israeli AI-chip maker Habana Labs, securing a foothold in data-center accelerators. The deal gave Intel access to Habana’s Gaudi processors, which Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud adopted for 30 percent of their AI workloads by 2021. Similarly, Nvidia’s $3.5 billion investment in MediaTek aims to deliver custom NVLink Fusion accelerators for hyperscalers such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic. These parallel moves intensify competition, prompting cloud providers to diversify chip suppliers and accelerating the industry’s shift toward specialized AI hardware.

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Story summary

Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion in Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek.
MediaTek will use Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion platform to build custom AI accelerators for rack-scale data centers.
The partnership targets hyperscalers and cloud providers such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic.
MediaTek aims to generate $2 billion in data-center ASIC revenue by 2026.
Nvidia stock rose 0.63% to $218.93 in pre-market trading after the August 31, 2026 announcement.

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