OpenAI set to finalise first custom chip design this year

OpenAI is pushing ahead on its plan to reduce its reliance on Nvidia for its chip supply by developing its first generation of in-house artificial intelligence silicon.

The ChatGPT maker is finalising the design for its first in-house chip in the next few months and plans to send it for fabrication at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. sources told Reuters. The process of sending a first design through a chip factory is called “taping out.”

OpenAI and TSMC declined to comment.

The update shows that OpenAI is on track to meet its ambitious goal of…