Economic Times Tech
6/26/2026
OpenAI Develops Custom AI Processor 'Jalapeno' With Broadcom and Celestica
Original: OpenAI spices things up with Jalapeno chips: Why the Sam Altman-led AI startup is building its own processors
Short summary
OpenAI designed custom AI processor chip 'Jalapeno' in nine months with Broadcom handling silicon and Celestica developing physical hardware. The move signals infrastructure ownership strategy to reduce cost and latency. Critical details—specs, costs, performance metrics, and deployment timeline—are absent from the announcement.
- •OpenAI built custom chip 'Jalapeno' in 9 months with partners Broadcom and Celestica
- •Signals shift toward internal infrastructure control and compute independence
- •Lacks technical specs, pricing, benchmarks, and release timeline
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