The ambitions of OpenAI management in the field of development and production of its own accelerators for artificial intelligence systems are no secret, and on the eve of the publication The Information reported that the company was in talks with Broadcom about developing a corresponding chip. The latter’s shares managed to rise in price by 3% against this background.
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As the source notes, Broadcom was just one of the developers with whom OpenAI negotiated. Among those involved in the process were Google alumni with experience in developing Tensor processors. OpenAI managed to hire some of them to implement their own plans. The specialists were tasked with developing server-class accelerators for artificial intelligence systems.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has repeatedly complained about the lack of hardware infrastructure to support his plans for AI development. His company could help partners build not only data centers, but also component manufacturing facilities and power plants. Broadcom has a division that designs chips tailored to specific customers.
If the OpenAI project had been implemented, the Broadcom processor would not have been released before 2026 at best. At the same time, OpenAI management had to negotiate with Samsung and SK hynix about equipping the corresponding accelerators with HBM memory. OpenAI planned to release the chip at TSMC, and Altman also negotiated with the latter about increasing the production volumes of Nvidia chips, which OpenAI also actively uses.
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