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Where we stand on Broadcom after Marvell muscles in on its key customer Google

Cnbc · · 1230 words · By Kevin Stankiewicz; Jeff Marks
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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street.

Why it matters

Markets are on pace to break a three-session losing streak.

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One of the big stories of the day is the Treasury Department's announcement that it will more than double the size of its buyback operation.

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Claim 1: “The Wall Street Journal's report of sluggish second-quarter revenue growth and widening losses at OpenAI.”
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Multiple sources cite a Wall Street Journal report stating OpenAI's second-quarter revenue growth was sluggish (relative to losses) and that operating losses widened from $9.3 billion in Q1 to $12.3 billion in Q2.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco. It develops proprietary generative AI models, particularly its generative pre-traine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Codex is an AI coding agent developed by OpenAI for software engineering tasks such as writing code and fixing bugs, released in April 2025 as Codex CLI. Codex is available through ChatGPT's web app, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI_Codex_(AI_agent)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On November 17, 2023, OpenAI's board of directors ousted co-founder and chief executive Sam Altman. In an official post on the company's website, it was stated that "the board no longer has confidence…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_Sam_Altman_from_Ope…
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Claim 2: “Broadcom has co-designed tensor processing units (TPUs) with Google for about a decade.”
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Sources confirm Broadcom is the design partner for Google's TPUs and has multi-year agreements extending through 2031, supporting the claim of a long-term (decade-scale) relationship.
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web search NEUTRAL — It's the design partner for Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), and it expects to ramp shipments of Ironwood TPU version 7 to Anthropic in Q4.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/12/broadcom-ai-chip-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — Broadcom has announced multi-year agreements with Google and Anthropic that extend through 2031, focusing on the design and supply of custom AI accelerators, networking hardware, and next-generation A…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grafa-united-states_anthropic…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tensor Processing Units are custom-designed chips built for the matrix math powering AI model training and inference. Unlike Nvidia's general-purpose GPUs, TPUs are architected around a single custome…
https://www.aol.com/articles/broadcom-long-term-google-tpu-1…
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Claim 3: “Marvell revealed an expansive partnership with Google in a securities filing Wednesday, saying that it "spans a comprehensive range of custom silicon programs that attach to the TPU ecosystem," including components related to memory and storage.”
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Web search results confirm a securities filing on August 19 disclosing a partnership with Google spanning custom silicon programs for the TPU ecosystem, including memory and storage components.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Broadcom Inc. is an American multinational designer, developer, manufacturer, and global supplier of a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software products. Broadcom's product offerings se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcom
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web search NEUTRAL — Google just handed Marvell Technology a $12.2 billion warrant - and sent Broadcom's stock down 3-5% in the same breath. The deal, disclosed via SEC filing on August 19, gives Google the right to buy n…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/techstrongsemi_google-inks-12…
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web search NEUTRAL — Marvell shares are soaring this morning after fabless chip designer announced an expanded chip-development partnership with Google that includes a warrant from Marvell allowing the search giant to buy…
https://nemosnewsnetwork.com/another-ai-reacharound-marvell-…
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Claim 4: “Broadcom shares are under pressure after Google, its flagship custom chip customer, inked a deal with rival Marvell Technology .”
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Multiple sources confirm Google entered into an expanded partnership/deal with Marvell Technology, which negatively impacted Broadcom's stock.
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web search NEUTRAL — Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for.
https://www.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Advertising Business Solutions About Google Google.com © 2026 - Privacy - Terms
https://www.google.com.nf/webhp?gl=nf&hl=en&gws_rd=cr&pws=0
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web search NEUTRAL — Google LLC (/ ˈɡuː.ɡəl / ⓘ, GOO-gəl) is an American multinational technology corporation focused on information technology, online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, softwa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
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Claim 5: “Broadcom CEO Hock Tan acknowledged as much on Broadcom's most recent earnings call, in early June”
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Claim 6: “As part of the deal, Marvell also issued stock warrants to Google valued at roughly $12.2 billion.”
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Multiple independent sources explicitly state that Marvell issued stock warrants to Google for approximately 58.97 million shares, valued at roughly $12.2 billion.
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web search NEUTRAL — In connection with the deal, Marvell issued Google a warrant to purchase up to 58,970,907 shares at $206.58 per share — roughly 7% of the company, valued at approximately $12.2 billion if fully exerci…
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/324988/20260819/marvell-l…
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web search NEUTRAL — Under the deal, Marvell issued Google a warrant to purchase up to 58.97 million shares of common stock at an exercise price of $206.58 per share, equivalent to roughly 7% of Marvell's outstanding shar…
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/mrvl-stock…
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web search NEUTRAL — Key Points. Marvell issued Google a warrant for 58,970,907 shares, about 7% of the chipmaker, at an exercise price of $206.58. Most of the shares vest in stages as Google's own discretionary chip purc…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/08/21/google-is-getting-…
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Claim 7: “Coty scheduled to report [earnings].”
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Claim 8: “OpenAI said its growth rate has picked up in July following the launch of new AI models.”
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While evidence confirms OpenAI releases new models (like GPT-6 Astra), there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming a statement from OpenAI that growth rates specifically 'picked up in July'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco. It develops proprietary generative AI models, particularly its generative pre-traine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Codex is an AI coding agent developed by OpenAI for software engineering tasks such as writing code and fixing bugs, released in April 2025 as Codex CLI. Codex is available through ChatGPT's web app, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI_Codex_(AI_agent)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 OpenAI agent cyberattacks, also called the Hugging Face Incident and the OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident, were a series of unsanctioned coordinated cyberattacks conducted without human intervent…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI–HuggingFace_incident
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Claim 9: “Broadcom expects to do $56 billion in AI chip revenue this year and more than $100 billion in fiscal 2027.”
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Claim 10: “Weekly jobless claims and the Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook are on the economic calendar for Thursday.”
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Claim 11: “Advanced Micro Devices issued warrants to Meta and OpenAI as part of compute supply agreements”
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Claim 12: “the Treasury Department's announcement that it will more than double the size of its buyback operation”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm the Treasury Department announced it would double the size of buyback operations for longer-dated nominal coupon securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Symbols of the United States Department of the Treasury include the Flag of the Treasury Department and the U.S. Treasury Seal. The original seal predates the department, having originated with the Bo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current U.S. government departments. The treasury …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
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Claim 13: “Broadcom's custom silicon business has secured a bunch of new customers — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Apple”
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Claim 14: “Marvell shares are jumping about 7% on the news.”
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Claim 15: “Broadcom in April disclosed an agreement to develop and supply future generations of TPUs, along with networking and other components, through 2031.”
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Claim 16: “Before the opening bell on Thursday, we'll see earnings from Walmart , Alibaba , Advance Auto Parts , and Deere .”
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Claim 17: “Minutes from the Federal Reserve's July meeting, released this afternoon, showed that several participants argued that policy tightening would be necessary if inflation did not decline.”
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Multiple sources confirm that the July Federal Reserve minutes indicated several participants believed policy tightening (rate hikes) would be necessary if inflation did not decline.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. It is responsible for the Second District of the Federal Reserve System, which encompasses the Sta…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, commonly known as the Federal Reserve Board, is the main governing body of the Federal Reserve System of the United States. It oversees the Federa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of historical rate actions by the United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The FOMC controls the supply of credit to banks and the sale of treasury securities. The Federal Op…
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Claim 18: “Broadcom and Google have worked together on TPUs since the chip's early days — it's now in its eighth generation”
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Claim 19: “the iShares Semiconductor ETF down about 2%.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the performance of the iShares Semiconductor ETF.
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Claim 20: “Broadcom shares down 5% and on pace for their lowest close since early July.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the specific percentage drop of Broadcom shares or their closing price relative to July.
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