OpenAI chip head Richard Ho on Jalapeno: why Broadcom beat Nvidia and AMD as partner
richardjnieva · x · 2026-10-12
A conversation with OpenAI's head of chips Richard Ho, who led development of the in-house Jalapeno chip. Ho discusses choosing Broadcom over Nvidia and AMD as its partner, "competing among friends" with Nvidia, and Sam Altman's push for the industry to build more fabs.
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