OpenAI is unveiling its first custom-built AI chip, designed with Broadcom

The chip, designed for AI inference, shows cost savings of roughly 50% compared with typical AI GPUs, according to Broadcom's CEO

OpenAI and Broadcom $AVGO unveiled their first jointly developed AI chip on Wednesday, a processor called Jalapeño designed to run the company's AI models more efficiently and at lower cost.

The chip is built for inference — the process of responding to user queries in products like ChatGPT — and early samples are showing cost savings of roughly 50% compared with typical AI graphics processing units, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said. OpenAI said samples of the chip are........

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