Nvidia‘s latest major AI bet isn’t another monstrous graphics processing unit. Instead, the company announced Monday, Aug. 31, that it is pouring $3.5 billion (around ₱218.6 billion) into Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek through convertible bonds. The move signals a major expansion of a partnership that already stretches across PCs, automotive software, and data centers, giving Nvidia a fresh pathway to extend its dominance beyond the silicon it designs in-house.