Broadcom is partnering with Meta to produce the industry’s first 2-nanometer artificial intelligence compute accelerator in a deal set to last through 2029.

The partnership is built on Broadcom’s XPU platform “to deeply co-develop and optimize Meta’s AI infrastructure across multiple silicon generations,” Broadcom said in a press release. The deployment will also utilize Broadcom’s advanced Ethernet technologies, the company said.

The purpose of the deal is to help meet Meta’s escalating compute demands for next-generation AI models.

Through their extended partnership, Broadcom said its technology will serve as the foundation for Meta’s deployment of state-of-the-art AI data centers. The overall goal is to co-design and scale hardware required for real-time generative AI features and “personal superintelligence” through apps like WhatsApp, Instagram and Threads, it said in a news release.

This effort will depend on rapid deployment of Meta Training and Inference Accelerator chips, facilitated by Broadcom’s XPU platform, Broadcom said. This approach will allow Meta and Broadcom “to tightly couple logic, memory, and high-speed I/O for current deployments, while establishing a highly adaptable, multigeneration blueprint to co-develop future iterations of the MTIA portfolio over the coming years,” it said.

“Meta is partnering with Broadcom across chip design, packaging, and networking to build out the massive computing foundation we need to deliver personal superintelligence to billions of people,” Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement. “As we roll out more than 1 gigawatt of our custom silicon to start and then multiple gigawatts over time, this partnership will give us greater performance and efficiency for everything we’re building.”

According to Broadcom, the partnership involves more than just supplying hardware; it also focuses on “continuous, system-level optimization,” as well as research and development.

Broadcom said that given the scale of the expanded partnership, Broadcom President and CEO Hock Tan will transition from Meta’s board of directors to an advisory role for Meta, providing guidance on the company’s custom silicon roadmap and future infrastructure investments.

Meta said earlier this year that it plans to develop four new generations of MTIA chips in the next two years. It uses a “rapid, iterative development” process and modular, reusable designs that allow it to launch a new AI chip every six months or less, compared to the industry standard of every one to two years, the company said.

The company has generally benefited from the AI boom. For example, its revenues for AI hardware during the 12-month period that ended Nov. 2, 2025 grew 65% year over year to $20 billion, Tan said on an earnings call in December of last year.

This isn’t the first partnership Broadcom has forged with a tech giant. In May 2023, it entered a multibillion-dollar deal with Apple to develop 5G radio frequency components.

By: DocMemory
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