SemiAnalysis: OpenAI's JalapeñO chip beats Nvidia Blackwell
bmulholland · hn · 2026-08-25
SemiAnalysis published a deep dive into OpenAI's in-house chip, JalapeñO. The report claims that the chip outperforms Nvidia's Blackwell in specific inference workloads and discusses OpenAI's strategic move to reduce dependency on Nvidia and optimize inference costs.
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