Google in talks with Samsung for next-generation chip production
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Alphabet subsidiary Google is negotiating with Samsung Electronics to manufacture components for its upcoming artificial intelligence processor. The potential collaboration focuses on the next-generation unit codenamed Icefish.
The project involves a strategic split in manufacturing duties. Google intends for TSMC to produce the primary computing portion of the processor.
Samsung may handle the production of a component designed to connect the processor to memory. This work would utilise the South Korean organisation's 2-nanometre manufacturing technology.
Development of the Icefish project remains ongoing in partnership with chip designer MediaTek. Mass production could potentially begin in 2028.
Securing this contract would represent a significant achievement for the Samsung contract chip-manufacturing division. The 2-nanometre process enables smaller chips to offer increased power, improved speed, and enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities.
Google is also exploring ways to diversify its manufacturing partners to reduce reliance on TSMC. Industry analysts have noted that high demand for artificial intelligence hardware could create production bottlenecks at TSMC.
Reports indicate Google also discussed manufacturing more than three million tensor processing units with Intel for 2028. These custom internal chips serve as alternatives to the graphics processors currently dominated by Nvidia.
Growing sales of these units have become a primary driver for the Google cloud division. The organisation previously introduced two custom chips designed for inference and training artificial intelligence models.
Samsung expects to attract additional customers for its advanced chip technology. The firm previously secured a deal with Tesla valued at USD 16.5 billion to produce artificial intelligence chips.
Google is in discussions with Samsung to manufacture components for the Icefish artificial intelligence processor.
The project involves using Samsung's 2-nanometre technology to connect the processor to memory.
Mass production for the new chip could commence as early as 2028.
Source: REUTERS
