The custom AI ASIC state of play (May 2026) — Broadcom deals, Google TPUs, Meta MTIA & beyond

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The custom AI ASIC state of play (May 2026) — Broadcom deals, Google TPUs, Meta MTIA & beyond** (toms_hardware) - [Read more](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/custom-ai-asics-examined-from-broadcom-to-mtia) - **Large-scale, SRAM-based LLM Inference Deployment (Groq)** (semiengineering) - [Read more](https://semiengineering.com/large-scale-sram-based-llm-inference-deployment-groq/) - **Taiwan raids 12 locations in its first formal crackdown on Nvidia AI chip smuggling — hunts three fugitives for document forgery, fraudulent declarations in Super Micro smuggling case** (toms_hardware) - [Read more](https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/taiwan-raids-12-locations-in-its-first-formal-crackdown-on-nvidia-ai-chip-smuggling-hunts-three-fugitives-for-document-forgery-fraudulent-declarations-in-super-micro-smuggling-case) - **Scaling the AI-Ready Data Center with NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition and NVIDIA vGPU 20** (nvidia_dev) - [Read more](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/scaling-the-ai-ready-data-center-with-nvidia-rtx-pro-4500-blackwell-server-edition-and-nvidia-vgpu-20/) - **Nvidia to launch AI chip for data centers in space - Yahoo Finance** (google_gpu) - [Read more](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMinAFBVV95cUxOVl94UVFMaFhJUmM5aWM1QlRRajRVTHU0SG9ZNG1vMU8xVk55LTRtdDFFZFlXREd3akRwYThWVVk1WFdwTmNnRzd2RWNXR3JJRUVhck1BOHk5b19jSXZnSEVsYlF2RmZhdHdReEotZ1ItWkkteDRENUI5Sy1TNTZocWJsLWlVNUFJZ1B5dnYzYkh5YmJESTR1S2U2dkw?oc=5) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*