OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil 'Jalapeño,' Their First Custom AI Chip

OpenAI revealed its first in-house silicon, built with Broadcom and aimed at making ChatGPT faster and cheaper to run — a vertical-integration move that signals how seriously the company is taking inference costs.

OpenAI and Broadcom have unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI's first custom AI chip, designed to make ChatGPT faster and cheaper to operate, as reported by @theneurondaily in its daily roundup. The chip was also flagged by @AiDevCraft, who listed it among "three moves rewiring the AI stack today" — placing OpenAI's hardware debut alongside other infrastructure shifts.

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