The Financial Post reports in its Friday edition that Broadcom chief executive officer Hock Tan said the company expects its AI chip sales to top $100-billion next year, marking major inroads into territory dominated by Nvidia (all figures U.S.). A Bloomberg dispatch to the Post quotes Mr. Tan telling analysts during a call, "We have line of sight" to reach this milestone in 2027. "We have also secured the supply chain required to achieve this." The company projects that AI chip revenue will be $10.7-billion in the current quarter, so reaching an annual pace of $100-billion would be a major jump. Broadcom posted $20-billion in artificial-intelligence sales in 2025. Broadcom shares rose as much as 4.2 per cent on Thursday after trading got under way in New York. Mr. Tan has increasingly hitched Broadcom's fortunes to AI. Though Nvidia remains the biggest maker of accelerators -- the chips that help train and run artificial intelligence models -- Broadcom has positioned itself as an alternative with its custom-made semiconductors. The company's AI chip targets include both accelerators and networking semiconductors. Broadcom also delivered a better-than-estimated quarterly outlook Wednesday and plans to buy back shares.