OpenAI's first in-house AI chip 'Jalapeño' makes TIME's Best Inventions of 2026
bookwormengr · x · 2026-10-17
OpenAI announced that Jalapeño, its first AI-acceleration chip, has been named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2026 list. VP of Hardware Richard Ho said the chip is designed to bring useful AI to more people more efficiently, and that OpenAI will keep innovating 'across the full stack from model to silicon.' A milestone in OpenAI's in-house silicon efforts.
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