Nvidia Invests $3.5 Billion in MediaTek to Deepen AI Chip Partnership

Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion in Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek through convertible bonds, a move announced on August 31, 2026, that deepens their partnership and aims to embed Nvidia's technology more firmly across the AI hardware ecosystem. The agreement, detailed in a joint statement, will see MediaTek adopt Nvidia's NVLink Fusion platform and other technologies to help data center operators design custom AI chips that integrate seamlessly with Nvidia's infrastructure.

The investment is a strategic play by Nvidia to ensure its hardware and interconnect standards remain central to the AI buildout, even as its largest customers develop their own chips. By providing capital and technology to MediaTek, Nvidia gains a partner that can help other companies build custom silicon that still plugs into Nvidia's dominant data center systems. This approach follows a similar recent deal with Amazon, which agreed to deploy an additional 2 million Nvidia components and use Nvidia's connection technology with its in-house chips.

Under the expanded partnership, MediaTek will use Nvidia's NVLink Fusion toolkit, which simplifies the creation of specialized AI processors with fast connectivity...