OpenAI's Jalapeño chip beats Nvidia in inference tests

OpenAI's custom inference chip Jalapeño delivered 1.5–1.9× more AI work per watt and 1.7–3.6× lower latency than Nvidia GB200/GB300 in tests. Deployment begins by year-end, with Gen 2 in development.
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- Aug 25
OpenAI says its Jalapeño chip can power faster AI responses than the competitiontheverge.com
OpenAI built a chip in nine months. Then it let AI rewrite the code.thenewstack.io
OpenAI Claims Its New Chips Can Outperform Nvidia Processors in Testsbloomberg.com
OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is built for fast inference at scale, benchmarks showtechcrunch.com
Jalapeño’s first results show industry-leading speed and efficiency in AI inferenceopenai.com
OpenAI Says New Jalapeno Chips Outperformed Nvidia in Testingbloomberg.com
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