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OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Jalapeño, First Custom AI Inference Chip Designed in Nine Months
OpenAI and Broadcom on June 24 unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI's first custom-built AI inference chip, designed end-to-end in nine months with assistance from OpenAI's own AI models. The chip cuts inference costs roughly 50% versus current GPUs, is fabricated on TSMC's 3nm process, and will deploy at Microsoft data centers by year end.
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