Nvidia Expands NVLink Fusion Relationship With MediaTek

Nvidia has announced a $3.5 billion investment in MediaTek and a deeper collaboration around NVLink Fusion, according to TechPowerUp. MediaTek already designed the GB10 system-on-chip used in Nvidia's RTX Spark and DGX Spark systems. Under the expanded relationship, MediaTek plans to offer NVLink Fusion to its ASIC customers, allowing non-Nvidia processors and accelerators to connect to the scale-up fabric through copper or photonic interconnects. TechPowerUp also reports that the arrangement will include access to Nvidia's NVHBM architecture, which places the memory controller in the HBM stack. The collaboration broadens the potential market for custom XPU designs that use Nvidia interconnect and memory technology.