HN: How OpenAI Used Its Own LLMs to Design Its Jalapeño Chip
petrusenko_max · x · 2026-09-20
A Hacker News discussion highlights an article on how OpenAI used its own LLMs to help design its in-house chip codenamed "Jalapeño"—a notable example of LLMs applied to chip engineering and a new detail in OpenAI's custom silicon efforts.
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