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Sam Altman’s quest for an alternative to Nvidia GPUs


The rumored ambitions of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to construct an AI processor that will create AI chips internally.

On Tuesday, the Financial Times disclosed some further details regarding the project: Although Altman genuinely seeks to create his own substitute for Nvidia’s AI and HPC GPUs, he is discussing chip manufacturing with TSMC. This ambitious effort, headed to change OpenAI’s approach to AI model creation and hardware usage, incorporates notables such as Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates. In addition to chairing the International Holding Company and the ambitious AI startup G42, which has already forged collaborations with Microsoft and OpenAI, they include the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and ADQ.

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