Alphabet taps Intel to make three million in-house chips: Report

Alphabet's Google has placed an order with Intel to manufacture more than three million tensor processing units in 2028, The Information reported on Monday, citing people with ‌direct knowledge ⁠of ⁠the discussions.

Nvidia has not placed an order with Intel yet, but has been evaluating whether the company's technology can be used to make a processor that combines four graphics chips into a ⁠single unit, ‌the report said.

Intel's shares ​surged ​more than 13% in premarket ⁠trading.


Alphabet, Intel and Nvidia did not ​immediately respond to Reuters requests ​for comment. Reuters could not independently verify the report.

The news is the latest sign that a turnaround at Intel is gathering steam after ‌years of management blunders allowed TSMC to take the lead in ​chip manufacturing.

Tesla ​CEO Elon ⁠Musk said in April that the EV maker plans to use Intel's next-generation 14A ​manufacturing process to make chips at its Terafab project, an advanced AI chip complex Musk has envisioned in Austin.