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Gigawatt-Scale Deployment Begins
Data center partners including Microsoft are expected to start deploying Jalapeño at gigawatt-scale, with multiple chip generations planned.
Tape-out and Delivery
The Jalapeño chip is successfully taped out and delivered to OpenAI's leadership after nine months of co-development.
Project Initiation
OpenAI and Broadcom begin collaboration on the custom inference chip, starting the 9-month design-to-tape-out cycle.
OpenAI partnered with Broadcom to design a bespoke AI inference chip from scratch in just nine months, a timeline that defies industry norms. This speed showcases a new model of agile chip development, potentially inspiring AI startups to pursue custom silicon.
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