OpenAI has unveiled its Jalapeño chip, showcasing superior efficiency and speed compared to Nvidia's systems. This tailored silicon aims to drastically lower operational expenses for AI tasks. Simultaneously, other technology leaders are crafting their own custom AI chips, designed for specific functionalities rather than general computing. The landscape of the AI chip market is swiftly transitioning towards these specialized, proprietary solutions.

128 chips, 1.7 exaFLOPS, and 27 TB of HBM give Altman and crew a leg up over Blackwell, and maybe even Rubin

OpenAI still isn’t giving up Nvidia chips, though.