OpenAI Makes Custom AI Chip Debut With Jalapeño As Part of Broadcom Deal

Source: International Business Times

The chip, named Jalapeño, was developed in partnership with semiconductor giant Broadcom and is designed specifically for the process of generating responses to user prompts after a model has already been trained. Courtesy/OpenAI OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled its first custom-designed artificial intelligence chip, marking a major milestone in the company's effort to gain greater control over the hardware powering ChatGPT and its growing portfolio of AI products. The chip, named Jalapeño, was developed in partnership with semiconductor giant Broadcom and is designed specifically for AI inference, the process of generating responses to user prompts after a model has already been trained.