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OpenAI’s Jalapeño AI chip brings new 'threat' to Nvidia margins as custom silicon gains ground
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
OpenAI developed a chip called Jalapeño that performed better than Nvidia's Blackwell systems on inference-efficiency benchmarks. Custom AI chips designed by major technology companies have increased in prevalence. OpenAI, Google, Meta, and other companies have invested in developing their own processors for AI workloads.
Original reporting: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/26/openai-jalapeno-ai-chip-nvidia.html
