OpenAI unveils first chip as part of Broadcom deal in effort to 'build the full stack'

OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI's first custom AI chip designed for inference (the process of running trained AI models to generate responses for users). The chip is an ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit, a processor built for one particular job rather than general computing), which is cheaper and more efficient than standard graphics processors but less flexible, and OpenAI designed it in nine months with help from its own AI models to address extreme demand for computing power.