Nvidia plans new chip to speed AI processing, WSJ reports

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Nvidia plans ‌to launch ​a ​new processor designed to help OpenAI and other customers build faster, more efficient AI systems, the Wall ‌Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with ⁠the matter.

Nvidia is developing a new system for "inference" computing, a form of ‌processing that allows AI models ‌to respond to queries, the report said.

The new platform is set to be unveiled at Nvidia’s GTC developer conference ​in San Jose next month and will incorporate a chip designed by startup Groq, the report added citing people ⁠familiar.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Nvidia and OpenAI did not immediately respond to ​Reuters request for comment.

Reuters earlier this month reported OpenAI is unsatisfied with the speed at which Nvidia’s ​hardware can spit out answers to ‌ChatGPT users for specific types of problems such as software development and AI communicating with other ⁠software.

It needs new hardware that would eventually provide about 10% of OpenAI’s inference computing needs in the future, one of the sources ⁠told Reuters.

The ChatGPT maker has discussed working with startups including Cerebras and ​Groq to provide chips for faster inference, two sources said. But Nvidia struck a $20-billion licensing deal with Groq that shut down OpenAI’s talks, one ‌of the sources told Reuters.

In September, Nvidia said it intended to pour as much as $100 billion ‌into OpenAI as part of a deal that gave the ⁠chipmaker a stake in the ‌startup and gave OpenAI ​the cash it needed to buy the advanced chips.

(Reporting by Mihika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom ‌Hogue)

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