據媒體報道,OpenAI正在自行開發芯片,其人工智能發展進程掀開了新篇章。
據路透社引用接近公司的獨家消息來源稱,OpenAI正在與博通(Broadcom)和臺積電(TSMC)合作,以實現供應鏈多元化,并在滿足人工智能巨大的算力需求的同時控制基礎設施成本。
雖然OpenAI此前曾考慮自建晶圓廠生產芯片,但高成本和漫長的過程迫使公司優先考慮內部芯片設計。目前,OpenAI已經組建了一支約20人的芯片工程師團隊,包括擁有設計谷歌(Google)張量處理單元(TPU)的經驗的專家。他們希望在2026年前開發出OpenAI的首款定制芯片,盡管這是一個靈活的時間線。
周二的新聞使博通公司的股價上漲了4%,在美國上市的臺積電股票上漲了超過1%。
這一舉措反映了OpenAI當前執行的策略,即保障穩定的芯片供應和管理不斷上升的成本,這也是亞馬遜(Amazon)、Meta、谷歌和微軟(Microsoft)等科技巨頭在人工智能項目中面臨的挑戰。OpenAI的努力包括最近決定集成AMD芯片與英偉達(Nvidia)的GPU。后者目前繼續主導市場,但供應受限。事實上,科技巨頭們一直在“懇請”英偉達增加芯片供應。
在上周的分析師會議上,億萬富翁、甲骨文(Oracle)聯合創始人兼首席技術官拉里·埃利森表示,他和世界首富埃隆·馬斯克曾邀請英偉達CEO黃仁勛在Nobu Palo Alto餐廳共進晚餐,并“懇求”他提供更多GPU芯片。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
據媒體報道,OpenAI正在自行開發芯片,其人工智能發展進程掀開了新篇章。
據路透社引用接近公司的獨家消息來源稱,OpenAI正在與博通(Broadcom)和臺積電(TSMC)合作,以實現供應鏈多元化,并在滿足人工智能巨大的算力需求的同時控制基礎設施成本。
雖然OpenAI此前曾考慮自建晶圓廠生產芯片,但高成本和漫長的過程迫使公司優先考慮內部芯片設計。目前,OpenAI已經組建了一支約20人的芯片工程師團隊,包括擁有設計谷歌(Google)張量處理單元(TPU)的經驗的專家。他們希望在2026年前開發出OpenAI的首款定制芯片,盡管這是一個靈活的時間線。
周二的新聞使博通公司的股價上漲了4%,在美國上市的臺積電股票上漲了超過1%。
這一舉措反映了OpenAI當前執行的策略,即保障穩定的芯片供應和管理不斷上升的成本,這也是亞馬遜(Amazon)、Meta、谷歌和微軟(Microsoft)等科技巨頭在人工智能項目中面臨的挑戰。OpenAI的努力包括最近決定集成AMD芯片與英偉達(Nvidia)的GPU。后者目前繼續主導市場,但供應受限。事實上,科技巨頭們一直在“懇請”英偉達增加芯片供應。
在上周的分析師會議上,億萬富翁、甲骨文(Oracle)聯合創始人兼首席技術官拉里·埃利森表示,他和世界首富埃隆·馬斯克曾邀請英偉達CEO黃仁勛在Nobu Palo Alto餐廳共進晚餐,并“懇求”他提供更多GPU芯片。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
OpenAI is reportedly embarking on a new chapter in its artificial intelligence development journey—it’s building its own in-house chip.
According to Reuters, which cited exclusive sources close to the company, OpenAI is collaborating with Broadcom and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to diversify its supply chain and control infrastructure costs as it seeks to keep up with the immense computational needs of AI.
While OpenAI had previously considered building its own chip manufacturing foundries, the high costs and lengthy timeline led the company to prioritize in-house chip design. Currently, OpenAI has assembled a team of roughly 20 chip engineers, including experts with experience designing Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). Together, they hope to develop OpenAI’s first custom chip by 2026—though that timeline is flexible.
The news on Tuesday sent Broadcom Inc. shares up 4% and TSMC’s US-traded shares gained more than 1%.
The move reflects OpenAI’s ongoing strategy to secure consistent chip supply and manage escalating costs, a challenge that other tech giants like Amazon, Meta, Google, and Microsoft have also faced in their AI ventures. This effort includes OpenAI’s recent decision to integrate AMD chips, along with Nvidia’s GPUs, which continue to dominate the market but are in limited supply. In fact, tech giants have been literally begging Nvidia for more chips.
At a meeting with analysts last month, billionaire Oracle cofounder and chief technology officer Larry Ellison said he and world’s-richest-man Elon Musk took Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang out to dinner at Nobu Palo Alto and “begged” for more GPUs.