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2 articles First covered Jun 26, 2026, latest Jul 25, 2026

Macro photograph of a Samsung-branded DRAM chip soldered to a green circuit board, its part number K4T51163QI-HCE6 clearly legible

Samsung won more than $200 billion of Broadcom chip work through 2030

Samsung signed an MOU with Broadcom worth more than $200 billion through 2030 across memory, 2nm foundry and advanced packaging. Nvidia locked up SK Hynix the same day.

Sam Altman and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan holding a Jalapeño Intelligence Processor wafer mounted in an acrylic display

AI·4 weeks ago

OpenAI built its own AI chip with Broadcom. The target is Nvidia's inference margins.

Jalapeño is OpenAI's first custom inference processor, co-designed with Broadcom. Here's what a purpose-built inference ASIC actually buys you, and who else is doing it.