Facebook parent Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has expanded its partnership with Broadcom to co-develop multiple generations of custom AI silicon, including its next-generation MTIA (Meta Training and Inference Accelerator) chips.
The MTIA chips form a core part of Meta’s AI infrastructure strategy and are designed to support large-scale inference, recommendation systems, and emerging generative AI workloads across its platforms.
Meta follows a portfolio approach to AI silicon, aligning specific accelerators to different workloads to optimise performance and total cost of ownership, with MTIA positioned as a purpose-built solution for large-scale inference and recommendation use cases.
Under the expanded agreement, Broadcom will work with Meta across chip design, advanced packaging, and networking, supporting the development of custom accelerators through its XPU platform, designed to optimise AI infrastructure across multiple silicon generations.
The partnership will also leverage Broadcom’s Ethernet-based networking technologies to enable high-bandwidth connectivity across Meta’s growing AI compute clusters.
Meta said it is currently developing and deploying four new generations of MTIA chips over the next two years, with the roadmap aimed at supporting ranking, recommendation, and generative AI applications at scale.
The agreement includes an initial deployment commitment exceeding 1 gigawatt of custom silicon capacity, forming the first phase of a broader multi-gigawatt rollout as the company expands its AI compute infrastructure.
Commenting on the development, Hock Tan, President and CEO of Broadcom, said, “We are pleased to expand our strategic collaboration with Meta as they pioneer the next frontier of artificial intelligence.”
“This initial MTIA deployment is just the beginning of a sustained, multi-generation roadmap to serve the trajectory of massive growth over the next few years that highlights Broadcom’s unmatched leadership in AI networking and the power of our foundational XPU custom accelerator platform,” Tan added.
Further speaking about the announcement, Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO of Meta Platforms, 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. As we roll out more than 1GW 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.”
Following this, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan will step down from Meta’s board of directors and transition into an advisory role, where he will support the company’s custom silicon roadmap and infrastructure strategy.