Google in talks with Marvell to build new AI chips for TPUs, aiming to rival Nvidia GPUs

Source: https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-04-19/google-in-talks-with-marvell-to-build-new-ai-chips-for-inference-the-information-reports

Alphabet's Google ⁠is ⁠in talks with ⁠Marvell Technology to develop two new chips aimed at running AI models ‌more efficiently, The Information ‌reported on Sunday citing two ⁠people ⁠with knowledge of the discussions.

One of the chips is a memory processing unit designed to work with Google's tensor processing unit (TPU) and the other chip is a new ⁠TPU ⁠built specifically for running ⁠AI models, the report said.

Google has been pushing to make ⁠its TPUs a viable alternative to Nvidia's dominant GPUs. TPU sales have become a key driver of growth ⁠in Google's cloud revenue as it aims to show ⁠investors that its AI investments are generating returns.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Google and Marvell did not immediately respond to a request for a comment.

The companies aim to finalize the design of the ⁠memory processing unit as soon as next year before handing it off for test production, according to the report.