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Broadcom CEO Hock Tan delivers a chip wafer to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Image: OpenAI
OpenAI said Wednesday that it has begun testing "Jalapeño," the first in a family of homegrown chips, with plans to start using the chips to handle customer queries later this year.
Why it matters: OpenAI is joining other leading AI companies in designing its own silicon as it races to secure more computing capacity, lower costs and reduce its dependence on Nvidia.
