Meta Debuts New AI Chip, Aiming to Decrease Reliance on Nvidia
- The chip will power systems that rank and recommend content
- Meta released first version of custom semiconductor last year
Meta Platforms Inc. is deploying a new homegrown chip to help power its artificial intelligence services, aiming to decrease its reliance on semiconductors from Nvidia Corp. and other outside companies.
The chip, announced Wednesday, is the latest version of the Meta Training and Inference Accelerator, or MTIA, which helps rank and recommend content across Facebook and Instagram. Meta released the first MTIA product last year.