Meta–Broadcom MTIA

Meta and Broadcom have expanded their artificial intelligence chip partnership through 2029, tying Broadcom more deeply to Meta’s in-house Meta Training and Inference Accelerator roadmap. (about.fb.com) Meta said on April 14 that Broadcom will support future Meta Training and Inference Accelerator generations across chip design, advanced packaging, and networking, with an initial deployment commitment of more than 1 gigawatt. (broadcom.com) Broadcom said the first deployment is part of a multi-gigawatt rollout, and Meta said the work will use Broadcom’s Ethernet technology to connect large artificial intelligence computing clusters inside its data centers. (broadcom.com) A custom accelerator is a chip built for a narrower job than a general-purpose graphics processing unit, usually to run specific artificial intelligence tasks with lower cost and power use. CNBC reported that hyperscalers including Google, Amazon, and Meta have been building these application-specific integrated circuits as alternatives to expensive graphics processing units from Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices. (cnbc.com) Packaging is the step that connects chip parts, memory, and data links into one working system, and networking is the fabric that moves data among thousands of chips. Broadcom said its platform lets it couple logic, memory, and high-speed input/output while scaling traffic across Meta’s clusters without bottlenecks. (broadcom.com) Meta has been moving quickly on that chip plan. In March 2026, the company said it was developing and deploying four new Meta Training and Inference Accelerator generations within two years to handle ranking, recommendations, and generative artificial intelligence workloads. (about.fb.com) Data Center Dynamics reported those four chips are the Meta Training and Inference Accelerator 300, 400, 450, and 500, with deployments already underway or scheduled within the next 18 months. (datacenterdynamics.com) Broadcom said the new agreement includes what it called the industry’s first 2-nanometer artificial intelligence compute accelerator. CNBC reported Broadcom shares rose about 3% in extended trading after the announcement, while Meta shares were little changed. (broadcom.com) (cnbc.com) The deal also reshapes the boardroom link between the two companies. Meta said Broadcom chief executive Hock Tan will leave Meta’s board after two years and move into an advisory role on custom silicon and infrastructure planning, according to reports from CNBC and Data Center Dynamics. (cnbc.com) (datacenterdynamics.com) The immediate next step is not a consumer product launch but a data-center buildout: Meta said the Broadcom-backed Meta Training and Inference Accelerator systems will form part of the computing base for artificial intelligence features across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads. (about.fb.com)