Industry Findings: The US remains the epicentre for high-performance design and hyperscaler-led verticalization: procurement patterns increasingly favour custom ASIC/accelerator R&D over off-the-shelf GPUs, driving larger NRE deals and longer lead times. In 2025, public statements from major cloud providers signalled next-gen training chips, pushing OEMs and board suppliers to pre-commit wafer and packaging capacity to secure 2026–2027 delivery windows.
Industry Progression: AWS and other cloud titans publicly amplified their custom-silicon strategies: AWS articulating Trainium evolution and broader custom-chip investment in Dec-2025 demonstrates hyperscalers’ push to internalize cost and performance — a development that tightens supply for independent ASIC vendors and increases OEM bargaining power, forcing a reallocation of foundry capacity towards hyperscaler projects.
Industry Player Insights: AWS/Google custom silicon momentum through 2024–2025 has influenced enterprise procurement patterns, shifting some workloads toward hyperscaler-grade designs. This trend elevates the role of system integrators as commercial interfaces while NVIDIA, AMD, Google, and Intel continue to compress margins for niche ASIC start-ups through rapid accelerator iterations and extensive software ecosystem control.