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Broadcom's AI business is smaller and growing slower than Nvidia's networking unit alone, yet Broadcom is valued at $2.269T against Nvidia's $5.201T. Broadcom's Q2 AI semiconductor revenue rose 143% to $10.8B, with Q3 guided to $16.0B, while Nvidia's data-center networking revenue rose 199% to $14.8B. Hock Tan also said Google is diversifying away from Broadcom, and a Fubon roadmap shows Google using MediaTek for some TPUs. x.com x.com
Broadcom risks losing Google's TPU business because Google ultimately wants to follow the Apple model. That means designing chips in-house and working directly with TSMC on manufacturing, bypassing ASIC design partners such as Broadcom and MediaTek under a customer-owned tooling model. According to an executive cited in the post, Google has already told TSMC it wants to become a direct major customer. x.com
Broadcom is more overvalued than people realize. Its forecast of $230B in revenue by 2028 has the market valuing it at roughly $2T, yet Meta already generates that much revenue and is far less cyclical. x.com x.com x.com
Broadcom borrowing again signals a $1.8 trillion company running low on cash. Per @KobeissiLetter, citing the WSJ, Broadcom is seeking more than $50 billion of financing for OpenAI's custom AI chip, with Apollo and Blackstone among the lenders it has approached. x.com
Broadcom's custom AI chips and networking could drive earnings beyond what its valuation implies over 2-3 years. It is the favorite semiconductor opportunity now, preferred over NVIDIA without replacing it. AI semiconductor revenue is projected at about $58B in FY2026, $115B in FY2027 and potentially $230B in FY2028. At about 17x FY2027 consensus adjusted earnings, risk/reward is compelling if growth materializes; customer commitments add visibility, but delays and financing remain risks. x.com … Show more
NVIDIA's free-model plan could defend chip demand as the two largest AI labs cut reliance on its hardware. OpenAI is building a chip with Broadcom; Anthropic mostly uses Google and Amazon chips. NVIDIA is putting together Reflection AI (in talks), Hugging Face and Groq for free models and paid chips. At 11x expected 2029 earnings versus ~19x for Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon and 32x for Apple, its price reflects fears of slower AI spending and lost customers. NVIDIA is a 'Maximum Opportunity'. … Show more
Broadcom's top growth driver, Google TPUs, can be captured elsewhere, such as through Vicor, while its OpenAI exposure through the Jalapeño chip is unwanted in light of today's news, even if that proves a nothingburger. Broadcom should still do great and may be worth re-entering later, but the capital can find better ways to outperform it. x.com x.com
Broadcom's stronger AI business looks cheap for its growth, making it one of the best buys in the market right now. AI chip revenue rose 221% to $16.7B last quarter, yet the stock trades at 19x forward earnings and a 0.35 PEG. Management sees AI revenue near $115B in fiscal 2027 and would raise that outlook if customers secure more land and power. Anthropic is on track to be its largest custom chip customer next year. Wall Street's $529 average target implies about 60% upside. x.com
More AI tokens mean more compute demand for Nvidia even as pricing power starts to slip. OpenRouter data via the FT show weekly token use up ~250-fold since January 2025; the FT links the surge to agents' long call chains. Bloomberg's breakdown of a 1 GW AI campus that could cost roughly $30B puts well over half the bill in chips and servers, most landing at Nvidia as GPU racks. Servers wear out in 5-6 years, making AI capex a recurring chip refresh. x.com x.com x.com x.com x.com x.com x.com
Nvidia's numbers are still underappreciated, giving a really good risk/reward at 18-19x forward earnings. Revenue rose 106% to $96.2B, data center 117% to $89B, with 75% gross margin and $108B next-quarter guidance excluding China. Nvidia now sells the whole AI factory, GPUs, CPUs, networking, systems and software, capturing more of the stack each generation. The valuation already prices a spending slowdown, the familiar bear case alongside hyperscaler in-house chips. x.com x.com
Broadcom's custom AI chips for major customers position it as a clear winner in the continuing AI buildout. Kris Patel's case that efficiency and total cost of ownership leave Broadcom room to gain share from incumbent Nvidia is persuasive. Broadcom has not seen peers' upside and is 30% below its highs, making the stock an opportunity. x.com x.com
Broadcom's Jalapeño chip deal with OpenAI is already priced in and margin dilutive. OpenAI guides to about 30 GW by 2030; at 30-40% Jalapeño, that is 9-12 GW, matching the 10 GW deal signed in October 2025. Selling finished chips, Broadcom books full ASPs but fronts wafers, HBM and other costs, about $15 billion per GW or $25-45 billion a year, at 50-60% margins at best. FY27 guidance already tops $100 billion; the bull case is maybe $120 billion. Broadcom even lends OpenAI the build money. … Show more
