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Custom application-specific integrated circuits must replace general-purpose GPUs to make mass inference economically viable.

To slash the prohibitive cost of frontier models, cloud operators and hardware designers are aggressively co-developing in-house ASICs.

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AI Infrastructure Spending
Nvidia: Record $235B Buyback, Morgan Stanley Top Pick, and Rubin at 20% of Data Center Revenue

Google's massive custom silicon agreement with Marvell confirms that platforms are aggressively co-developing ASICs to replace general-purpose GPUs.

AI Infrastructure Spending
Broadcom Secures $350B AI Semiconductor Pipeline Through 2028 Driven by Custom Silicon and Optical Surge

Custom accelerators are now the majority of Broadcom's AI revenue and outperform general-purpose GPUs for inference — ASICs displacing GPUs at scale.