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Date : Wed Sep 03 2025 18:45:09

Mediatek's crucial role in building the Nvidia GB10 highlighted in new 
presentation - so could Jensen Huang mull a potential $73 billion acquisition?

Date:
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:33:00 +0000

Description:
GB10 presentation highlights how industry-standard interfaces enable Nvidia 
GPUs and Mediatek CPUs to work seamlessly together.

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 CPUs and memory fuse with Nvidia GPUs in GB10 superchip collaboration 
Strategic reliance sparks speculation of Nvidia pursuing $73 billion Mediatek 
acquisition Regulatory hurdles aside, GB10 shows transformative potential of 
their partnership 

Mediateks role in Nvidias GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip has been made clear 
in a new presentation , so should Nvidia chief Jensen Huang be considering a 
$73 billion acquisition of the Taiwanese company? 

The GB10, originally due in July 2025 but delayed, is presented as a blend of 
Mediateks CPU and memory designs with Nvidias GPU expertise. 

By leaning on Mediateks system-on-chip experience, Nvidia has been able to 
demonstrate how industry standard interfaces and protocols can tie its 
Blackwell GPU into a compact and efficient package. An acquisition makes a 
lot of sense 

That collaboration, formally acknowledged in the presentation, is what leads 
me to speculate on a deeper corporate tie-up. 

Nvidia has shown a willingness to pursue large acquisitions in the past, such 
as its failed $40 billion bid for Arm back in 2022. 

Regulators blocked that deal, citing competition concerns, and a similar 
challenge would likely face any attempt to buy Mediatek. 

Taiwans government could also be reluctant to see one of its most valuable 
semiconductor firms acquired by a US company. 

Even so, Nvidias reliance on Mediatek in GB10 highlights the strategic 
importance of the partnership. 

Mediatek is a major player in smartphone SoCs, and with Nvidia aiming to 
expand ARM-based chips into laptops and gaming devices, owning the company 
could give it both technology and supply chain expertise. 

With an estimated $73 billion valuation, acquiring Mediatek wouldnt be cheap, 
but Nvidia could certainly afford it, given its rapid rise in market 
capitalization. 

For the moment, the GB10 is a great example of what the two tech giants can 
achieve when working together. 

It combines 20 Arm v9.2 CPU cores, Blackwell-based graphics cores with 31 
TFLOPs of FP32 performance, and up to 128GB unified LPDDR5X memory in a 
dual-dielet package on TSMCs N3 process. 

Regardless of whether or not Nvidia would entertain acquiring Mediatek, the 
GB10 confirms that the two firms are already closely tied in both technology 
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