OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom

Re:OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom by sometimelurker on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @04:22PM (#48665159)

this appeared some time ago, https://taalas.com/, but I'm sure there's others thinking these same thoughts. this would be best for small models imo, nothing frontier because that changes too fast

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Re:OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom by 1e1a on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @05:27PM (#48665831)

you can try it out here: https://chatjimmy.ai/

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Re:OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom by Meetvelde on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @09:41PM (#48667795)

that's so fast it feels fake

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Re:OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom by the_sleaze_ on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @09:52PM (#48667869)

13,789 tok/s

Well I've gotten one of those "holy fuck this is the future" deeply unsettled anxious feelings in my gut again. It's been a week or 2, it was time.

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Re:OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom by froh on Thursday June 25, 2026 @02:17AM (#48669662)

i only found one discussion of the tech here on HN

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47103661

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Re:OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom by agazso on Thursday June 25, 2026 @03:17AM (#48670036)

It's indeed super fast, but the output is complete BS hallucination. Not sure what's the value of this.

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Re:OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom by runeks on Thursday June 25, 2026 @07:56AM (#48672107)

It's a proof of concept that it's possible to etch a neural net into a chip and get massive performance (and efficiency) boost

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