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TPU Supplier Concentration

Alphabet Inc. · 2026-09-30 · Importance 40 · Surprise 42

A market report said Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s AI-chip capacity is sold out through the first half of 2028. TSMC is described as Google’s largest contract manufacturer for TPU AI chips. The reported constraint highlights continued dependence on a major external supplier for Google’s AI-compute expansion and could limit TPU availability if capacity cannot be increased or diversified.