AI Broadcom is cashing in on custom XPU chips Custom chips make up $58 billion of Broadcom's $78 billion AI backlog in the next 18 months. Kiera Fields Dec 12, 2025 - 2 min read Google's latest tensor processing unit chip "Ironwood." Image credit: Google Get the full story: Subscribe for free Join peers managing over $100 billion in annual IT spend and subscribe to unlock full access to The Stack’s analysis and events. Subscribe now Already a member? Sign in