Broadcom custom accelerators
Co-designed XPUs behind most hyperscaler silicon.
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Broadcom custom accelerators vs Tenstorrent Blackhole
Broadcom custom accelerators (Broadcom) and Tenstorrent Blackhole (Tenstorrent) both sit in Chips & Compute. Broadcom custom accelerators is the cheaper entry point at Enterprise supply agreements. Tenstorrent Blackhole shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (16 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Broadcom custom accelerators Broadcom | Tenstorrent Blackhole Tenstorrent |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Chips & Compute | Chips & Compute |
| Version | 2025 | Blackhole |
| Entry cost | Enterprise supply agreements | from $999/unit |
| Pricing tiers | — | Cards $999 · Workstations (TT-QuietBox) $9999 · Servers (Galaxy) $70000 |
| Model stack | powers Google TPU | Gemma-2 · Gemma4 · GLM-5.2 · Kimi-K3 · Llama-3.3-70B · Qwen3-32B · Tensix cores · tt-metal / tt-nn |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 16 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Custom XPU design, Tomahawk networking, Hyperscaler programs | RISC-V cores, open tt-metal stack, Ethernet-scaled cards, IP licensing, Passive, active and liquid cooling options, High-performance AI processing, Liquid-cooled workstations (TT-QuietBox), Scale-out servers (Tenstorrent Galaxy) |
Tenstorrent Blackhole
Open-source software stack and RISC-V based accelerators sold as cards and IP.
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