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TechCrunch · United States · OpenAI unveils Jalapeño, its first custom chip with Broadcom
Reports OpenAI's first in-house inference processor, Jalapeño, designed with Broadcom, claiming significantly better performance-per-watt than current state-of-the-art parts, still in testing with no deployment date, and framed as a bid to cut inference cost and reduce Nvidia dependence.
“OpenAI says Jalapeño shows significantly better performance-per-watt than current state-of-the-art alternatives, though it remains under evaluation.”