OpenAI's 'Jalapeno' Chip Revealed: 1500 Tokens/s Throughput
firstadopter · x · 2026-09-01
Tae Kim reports on OpenAI's custom chip 'Jalapeno' presented at Hot Chips. Key details include:
- Full-stack optimization: Completed RTL execution in nine months, optimizing from models down to silicon.
- Performance: Achieved nearly 1500 tokens/s on OSS models with 4x lower latency, and 700 tokens/s on DeepSeek with 5x lower latency.
- Design focus: Dedicated to accelerating OpenAI workloads to reduce user wait times and energy consumption.
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