How OpenAI Used Its Own LLMs to Design Its Jalapeño Chip
thehiphopswami · x · 2026-09-15
IEEE Spectrum details how OpenAI used its own LLMs to help design its internal Jalapeño chip. Reposter cdleary adds commentary:
- The article covers GPT/codex usage in the Jalapeño design flow and where the team is heading next.
- The models really grokked XLS and have made huge strides treating SystemVerilog as a lingua franca for hardware design.
- The author suggests that if you last looked before Astra, it's time for another look.
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