--- description: "NVIDIA MediaTek partnership deepens: $3.5B in convertible bonds, NVLink Fusion custom XPUs, RTX Spark PCs, and automotive plans." title: NVIDIA MediaTek Partnership Deepens With $3.5 Billion Investment, NVLink Fusion XPUs, and RTX Spark PCs image: https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Storagereview-nvidia-custom-xpu.jpeg --- [![Storage Review]()](https://storagereview.com/) --- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/@storagereview) [X (Twitter)](https://twitter.twitter.com/storagereview) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storagereview-com) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/storagereview?sub_confirmation=1) [Email](mailto:info@storagereview.com) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/StorageReview/) [Discord](https://discord.gg/TwMHb4azdC) [RSS Feed](https://www.storagereview.com/rss.xml) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/@storagereview) [X (Twitter)](https://twitter.com/storagereview) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storagereview-com) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/storagereview?sub_confirmation=1) [Email](mailto:info@storagereview.com) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/StorageReview/) [Discord](https://discord.gg/TwMHb4azdC) [RSS Feed](https://www.storagereview.com/rss.xml) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview) [![StorageReview.com](https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Storage-Review-2x.png)](https://www.storagereview.com) ≡ Menu - [Home](https://www.storagereview.com/) - [Storage Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/review) - [Consumer Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/consumer) - [Enterprise Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise) - [Ubiquiti Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/best/ubiquiti-reviews) - [SR Merch](https://store.storagereview.com) - [Leaderboards](https://www.storagereview.com/best) - [Best Storage Arrays](https://www.storagereview.com/best/storage-arrays) - [Best Enterprise SSDs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/enterprise-ssds) - [Best Servers](https://www.storagereview.com/best/servers) - [Best Desktops for Local AI](https://www.storagereview.com/best/desktops-local-ai) - [Best Laptops for Local AI](https://www.storagereview.com/best/laptops-local-ai) - [Best Local LLM Tools](https://www.storagereview.com/best/local-llm-tools) - [Agentic AI Hardware](https://www.storagereview.com/best/agentic-ai-hardware) - [Best SSDs & Hard Drives](https://www.storagereview.com/best_drives) - [Best Portable SSDs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/portable-ssds) - [Best Business Laptops](https://www.storagereview.com/best/business-laptops) - [Best Mobile Workstations](https://www.storagereview.com/best/mobile-workstations) - [Best Desktop Workstations](https://www.storagereview.com/best/desktop-workstations) - [Best Laptop Battery Life](https://www.storagereview.com/best/laptop-battery-life) - [Storage Reference Guide](https://www.storagereview.com/storage-reference-guide) - [About SR](https://www.storagereview.com/about-storagereview) - [StorageReview.com Sweepstakes Rules and Regulations](https://www.storagereview.com/storagereview-com-sweepstakes-rules-and-regulations) Search [Home](https://www.storagereview.com/) » [News](https://www.storagereview.com/news) » NVIDIA MediaTek Partnership Deepens With $3.5 Billion Investment, NVLink Fusion XPUs, and RTX Spark PCs # NVIDIA MediaTek Partnership Deepens With $3.5 Billion Investment, NVLink Fusion XPUs, and RTX Spark PCs by Harold Fritts on August 31, 2026 [AI](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise/ai)  ◇  [Enterprise](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise) NVIDIA and MediaTek announced a significant expansion of their strategic collaboration, covering enterprise AI infrastructure, edge computing, client PCs, and automotive platforms. Backing the initiative, NVIDIA has invested $3.5 billion in MediaTek-issued convertible bonds. The technical partnership centers on MediaTek integrating the NVIDIA NVLink Fusion platform to provide hyperscalers, cloud service providers, and frontier model developers with a pre-validated framework for designing custom accelerators (XPUs) that can drop directly into NVIDIA rack-scale AI environments. ![MediaTek and NVIDIA logos side by side](https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/nvidia-mediatek-color-v5.jpg) Leadership from both companies framed the expanded alliance around convergence across compute domains. NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang pointed to the requirement for accelerated computing to scale from massive data centers down to personal systems and software-defined vehicles, citing MediaTek’s expertise in system-on-chip design, connectivity, and performance per watt. MediaTek Vice Chairman and CEO Rick Tsai noted that combining MediaTek’s custom silicon design capabilities with NVIDIA’s accelerated compute stack and software ecosystem will accelerate innovation for customers across cloud AI infrastructure, local AI computing, and automotive. ## Custom Silicon Design on the NVLink Fusion Platform Developing semi-custom AI accelerators for rack-scale deployments introduces significant engineering hurdles around high-speed SerDes, interconnect topologies, High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) integration, multi-die advanced packaging, and system-level thermal and mechanical qualification. Rather than requiring customers to engineer these underlying interconnects and packaging layers from scratch, MediaTek is adopting [NVLink Fusion](https://www.storagereview.com/news/aws-and-nvidia-expand-collaboration-on-nvlink-fusion-blackwell-and-ai-factories) as a modular design blueprint. ![NVIDIA render of an NVLink Fusion board with two custom XPU packages and a central interconnect chip]() The NVLink Fusion architecture provides a standardized, prequalified multi-die foundation that includes several primary subsystem technologies. The NVIDIA NVLink Fusion chiplet establishes direct links between custom XPUs and the broader NVLink scale-up fabric using NVIDIA photonics or electrical interconnects. To support coherent, low-latency inter-chip communications, [NVIDIA NVLink-C2C](https://www.storagereview.com/news/nvidia-launches-vera-rubin-architecture-at-ces-2026-the-vr-nvl72-rack) provides high-bandwidth, energy-efficient die-to-die connectivity between customer XPUs, NVIDIA Rosa CPUs, and other compatible processing units. On the memory side, [NVIDIA NVHBM](https://www.storagereview.com/news/nvidia-nvhbm-moves-the-memory-controller-into-the-hbm-stack-with-amazons-trainium4-first-in-line) integrates customized memory interfaces to expand available bandwidth and improve power efficiency while reserving more die area for active compute engines. ![NVIDIA render of a custom XPU package with NVHBM memory stacks flanking the compute dies]() Through this framework, enterprise customers can bring proprietary processing architectures to MediaTek to tailor specific performance profiles, memory densities, and power targets to their target workloads. In turn, MediaTek manages the complex packaging, physical implementation, and supply-chain logistics required to manufacture multi-die packages. These custom XPUs can then interface with NVIDIA MGX modular rack-scale architectures and scale-out networking fabrics, significantly reducing development risk and shortening time-to-market for specialized AI factories. ## Scaling Client Compute and Automotive Platforms Beyond data center infrastructure, the partnership addresses local client compute for generative and agentic AI workloads. The companies previously collaborated on the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, which links an NVIDIA Blackwell GPU with an ARM-based Grace CPU via NVLink-C2C to power the [NVIDIA DGX Spark](https://www.storagereview.com/news/nvidia-dgx-spark-achieves-2-5x-performance-and-8x-video-speed-in-ces-2026-enterprise-update) platform for developer and edge environments. That work is extending into client systems through NVIDIA RTX Spark, which the companies say will power the next generation of consumer PCs built for the AI era, alongside the GB10-based DGX Spark that pairs a Blackwell GPU and Grace CPU over NVLink-C2C. ![Bare mainboard of the NVIDIA DGX Spark on the StorageReview bench from our teardown]() In the automotive sector, the collaboration spans multiple product generations of AI-powered, software-defined vehicles. 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