Increased collaboration with Nvidia Corp. has pushed investor optimism over the AI growth potential for MediaTek Inc. to a new level, putting its shares on track for their first record high in seven months.

INCREASED collaboration with Nvidia has pushed investor optimism over the artificial intelligence (AI) growth potential for MediaTek to a new level, putting its shares on track for their first record high in seven months.

The Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip demonstrates the successful collaboration between MediaTek and Nvidia, highlighting the strong foundation of mutual trust between both companies, according to MediaTek corporate SVP Jerry Yu.

According to HardwareLuxx, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang confirmed during a Q&A that Nvidia is working with MediaTek to create an end-user system on a chip (SoC) based on the just-announced Project Digits mini home-user AI supercomputer. An "end-user system" would presumably mean a mobile chip that could be used in a laptop.

According to industry sources, Nvidia and MediaTek are broadening their collaboration to include core chips for Nintendo's Switch 2 gaming consoles, following their partnership in developing AI supercomputer chips.

Nvidia revealed a $3,000 mini computer for AI developers at CES in Las Vegas this week. TakeAway Points: This week, Nvidia unveiled a $3,000 tiny PC for AI developers. For the time being, it is known as Project Digits and is built around the GB10 Nvidia chip.

The supercomputer will cost about $3,000 when it becomes available in May, Nvidia said, and will be available from the company itself as well as some of its manufacturing partners. Huang said Project Digits is a placeholder name, indicating it may change by the time the computer goes on sale.

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang has hinted that the company has plans to release an Arm-based desktop CPU, but details are scarce.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Nvidia has sparked speculation about its entry into the consumer CPU market with the unveiling of Project Digits at CES 2025. The $3,000 personal AI supercomputer

Increased collaboration with Nvidia has pushed investor optimism over the AI growth potential for MediaTek to a new level.

It has long been rumored, but now Nvidia's boss Jensen Huang has confirmed it: Nvidia is working with Mediatek to design processors for devices with Windows on ARM. He was explicitly asked about desktop PCs in an analyst roundtable – but notebooks with Nvidia CPUs are also likely to appear. The US news agency Reuters reported on the meeting.