(Reuters) -Alphabet-owned Google’s executives have discussed dropping Broadcom as a supplier of artificial intelligence (AI) chips as early as 2027, The Information reported on Thursday.
If that happens, Google will design the chips – known as tensor processing units – in-house, the report said, adding that executives set a goal earlier this year to ditch Broadcom following a standoff between the companies over the price Broadcom was charging for the chips.
Google also plans to launch an improved networking chip, internally code-named Granite Redux, with chipmaker Marvell Technology by next year, The Information said.
Google, Broadcom and Marvell didn’t immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Broadcom shares fell 3.7% in premarket trading.
(Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D’Souza and Nivedita Bhattacharjee)
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