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Jun 24, 2026 · Industry Insights

OpenAI Unveils Its Own AI Inference Chip: What It Means for the Industry

OpenAI has partnered with Broadcom to launch Jalapeño, a purpose‑built AI inference ASIC designed in nine months, promising superior performance‑per‑watt, integrated networking, and a full‑stack AI hardware‑software optimization cycle that could lower inference costs and reshape future data‑center deployments.