NVIDIA will subscribe US$3.5 billion of MediaTek's US$3.9 billion offshore convertible bond offering, the largest such issuance in Taiwan's capital market history, deepening cooperation in AI infrastructure, edge AI computing, and automotive platforms while marking NVIDIA's first major investment in a Taiwanese company.
How much did NVIDIA subscribe, and what does MediaTek's total fundraising size and record status look like?
MediaTek (聯發科) priced US$3.9 billion in offshore unsecured convertible bonds, with NVIDIA (輝達) subscribing US$3.5 billion of the total, marking Taiwan's largest offshore convertible bond issuance to dateCITE:E1.
The total offering came to more than NT$120 billion, which MediaTek described as the largest offshore convertible bond ever issued in Taiwan's capital marketCITE:E8. The bond's conversion price was set at NT$4,513.75 per share, and MediaTek said proceeds would support its foreign-currency material procurement needsCITE:E2.
| Metric | Value | Evidence |
|---|
| Total ECB issuance | US$3.9 billion (over NT$120 billion) | CITE:E8 |
| NVIDIA subscription | US$3.5 billion | CITE:E1 |
| Conversion price | NT$4,513.75 per share | CITE:E2 |
| Board approval date | July 31, 2026 | CITE:E9 |
| Joint statement date | August 31, 2026 | CITE:E5 |
| Amazon-NVIDIA comparison | 2 million NVIDIA components | CITE:E7 |
What three areas will NVIDIA and MediaTek deepen their cooperation in, and which technology platform underpins it?
NVIDIA and MediaTek will deepen cooperation across three areas — AI infrastructure, edge AI computing, and automotive software-defined vehicle platforms — anchored by NVIDIA's NVLink Fusion technologyCITE:E3.
For the automotive area specifically, MediaTek and NVIDIA said they will continue developing AI-capable software-defined vehicle platforms as the industry moves toward physical AICITE:E3. NVLink Fusion itself offers prebuilt, prequalified, and system-prevalidated platforms designed to accelerate customers' development process from chip and advanced packaging through to rack-level systemsCITE:E11.
When did MediaTek's board approve this financing, and what did the joint statement say?
MediaTek's board approved a flexible financing budget plan on July 31, 2026, before the two companies issued a joint statement on August 31 confirming NVIDIA would purchase the convertible bondsCITE:E9CITE:E5.
In that joint statement, the companies said the investment expands their existing cooperation, and that MediaTek will use NVIDIA's NVLink Fusion platform along with NVIDIA's recently launched NVHBM technology to help components communicate more smoothly within data centersCITE:E5.
Why is NVIDIA investing in MediaTek, and who are MediaTek's competitors in this space?
NVIDIA's US$3.5 billion investment reflects its effort to persuade more companies to build chips compatible with NVIDIA's data center ecosystem, and it marks NVIDIA's first major investment in a Taiwanese companyCITE:E4CITE:E12.
MediaTek is helping data center operators develop their own chips, an effort aimed at challenging Broadcom and MarvellCITE:E6.
Who else subscribed to this bond offering, and how did ecosystem partners respond?
Alphabet joined NVIDIA in subscribing to MediaTek's offshore convertible bond offering, alongside other prominent international investorsCITE:E10.
MediaTek said the offering attracted enthusiastic participation and subscription from long-term AI infrastructure partners including NVIDIA and Alphabet, the parent company of GoogleCITE:E14.
Does the industry have similar precedents for this kind of strategic investment and cooperation?
Amazon previously struck a comparable agreement with NVIDIA, agreeing to deploy an additional two million NVIDIA components while committing to use NVIDIA's interconnect technology in its own chipsCITE:E7.
What this means
The US$3.5 billion NVIDIA committed sits inside MediaTek's US$3.9 billion convertible bond rather than alongside it as a separate deal, and the same joint statement that confirms the subscription also names the specific technologies — NVLink Fusion and NVHBM — that the capital is meant to supportCITE:E5. That combination of a capital instrument and a named technology-adoption commitment parallels the structure NVIDIA previously used with Amazon, where component deployment and connectivity-technology adoption moved togetherCITE:E7. The bond's subscriber list, which also includes Alphabet, ties MediaTek's largest-ever offshore fundraising directly to AI infrastructure players even as MediaTek uses its data center chip ambitions to contest ground held by Broadcom and MarvellCITE:E14CITE:E6.