Meta is reportedly testing in-house chips for AI training
**Meta is reportedly testing in-house chips for AI training**
Meta is reportedly testing an in-house chip for training AI systems, a part of a strategy to reduce its reliance on hardware makers like Nvidia. According to Reuters, Meta's chip, which is designed to handle AI-specific workloads, was manufactured in partnership with Taiwan-based firm TSMC. The company is piloting a "small deployment" of the chip and plans to scale up production if the test is successful.
Meta has deployed custom AI chips before, but only to run models—not train them. As Reuters notes, several of the company's chip design efforts have been canceled or otherwise scaled back after failing to meet internal expectations.
Meta expects to spend $65 billion on capital expenditure this year, much of which will go toward Nvidia GPUs. If the company manages to reduce even a fraction of that cost by shifting to in-house chips, it would be a big win for the social media giant.