July 19, 2024 – According to a report by The Information today, OpenAI has been in contact with multiple chip designers, including Broadcom, to jointly explore the development of a new AI chip.
The company’s venture into chip manufacturing aims to not only efficiently integrate hardware and software, aspiring to become the “Apple of AI,” but also to alleviate the current shortage of AI graphics accelerator cards.
Citing the same media report, OpenAI has also been actively recruiting former Google employees in hopes of tapping into their experience and expertise in developing the Tensor processor for the creation of its own AI server chips.
However, the media has expressed doubts about OpenAI’s ability to develop an AI chip that can rival Nvidia’s server chips, suggesting that it may take years of refinement to achieve such a feat.
In February of this year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced an ambitious AI chip plan, with a goal of raising $7 trillion to revolutionize the global semiconductor industry and advance the development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
While Altman later clarified that the “$7 trillion” figure was not accurate, he emphasized that the AI field indeed requires significant investment, both globally and in terms of energy resources, to build AI chips and the surrounding infrastructure stack. This, he believes, will ultimately provide a wide range of services to the world, offering tremendous value to everyone.
