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Meta's new AI chips will begin production in September
The company is taking a modular approach to designing these chips, anticipating that their needs will change as AI evolves rapidly by the time the chips are in production.
TL;DR
- Meta plans to start producing its latest AI-specific chips in September to lower GPU costs.
- The new chips are part of the Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) program.
- Meta is collaborating with Broadcom on chip design and TSMC for manufacturing.
- The chips feature a modular design (chiplets) to adapt to evolving AI needs.
- These custom chips are intended for training models, broader AI workloads, and inference.
- Meta expects to save on buying GPUs from Nvidia and AMD but will continue to purchase from them.
- The company is making significant capital expenditures towards its AI efforts, including data center expansion.
- Other tech companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, and Google are also developing their own AI chips.