The proposed chip would comply with US trade restrictions on China, Reuters said in an earlier report citing anonymous sources. The two companies’ existing business relationship largely revolves around server and networking gear, and Broadcom has cited ByteDance as a customer in its press releases.
ByteDance Ltd. and Broadcom Inc. have discussed a potential collaboration on an AI processor to help bolster the TikTok parent’s development of that technology.
The US chip designer and Beijing-based ByteDance have talked about a 5-nanometer purpose-built chip, according to a person familiar with the discussions. No deal has yet been reached between the two companies, and Broadcom already supplies an older-generation 7nm AI processor for use in ByteDance’s data centers, the person said, asking not to be named as the information is private.
