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Meta to put AI chip into production in September as it looks to double computing capacity ...
Meta will begin manufacturing its custom 'Iris' AI chip in September as part of a plan to double computing capacity to 14 gigawatts by 2027, reducing dependence on Nvidia and AMD while lowering infrastructure costs.
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The Wire takeaway
Meta is making its own AI chips to cut what it pays for compute and lean less on Nvidia and AMD. If cheap inference is your edge, the biggest buyer in the market just found a way to undercut you.
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Topics: AI Infrastructure · Semiconductors · custom-silicon · compute-capacity · chip-independence · infrastructure-cost · vendor-lock-in