Report: Arm developing custom CPU for OpenAI’s in-house accelerator — core IP would underpin 10GW of installed AI capacity

OpenAI is reportedly working with SoftBank-owned Arm on a new CPU to complement the custom AI accelerator it is co-developing with Broadcom. The collaboration, first reported by The Information, would see Arm design a server-class CPU that anchors OpenAI’s next-generation AI racks, potentially representing one of Arm’s biggest steps into the data center market to date.

The chip in question is OpenAI’s in-house AI accelerator, part of plans announced on October 13 to deploy custom AI accelerators…