South Korea · Anthropic · OpenAI · Nvidia · The Information · Samsung · TechCrunch AI
Anthropic’s announcement may also be a response to one made last week by its key competitor, OpenAI
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Samsung is already embedded in the AI industry, and acts as a major partner of Nvidia, producing chips that the company needs to train or run its AI models.
Key facts
- On Thursday, The Information reported that Anthropic was in contact with Samsung to explore a collaboration around the pending chip
- The duo are working on an AI chip factory in South Korea
- Back in April, that Anthropic was toying with the idea of producing its own AI chips as a means of responding to chip shortages
- Samsung is already embedded in the AI industry, and acts as a major partner of Nvidia, producing chips that the company needs to train or run its AI models
Summary
Back in April, that Anthropic was toying with the idea of producing its own AI chips as a means of responding to chip shortages. On Thursday, The Information reported that Anthropic was in contact with Samsung to explore a collaboration around the pending chip. When reached for comment, Anthropic told TechCrunch that a diversified hardware stack that includes chips from Google, Amazon, and Nvidia will continue to be pivotal to its compute strategy. Several AI companies have sought to develop custom chips, both as a way to create unique hardware for specific compute tasks and to gain a certain amount of independence from Nvidia, which continues to be the undisputed leader of the chip industry. Anthropic’s announcement may also be a response to one made last week by its key competitor, OpenAI, which has teamed up with Broadcom to announce its own custom-built inference processor, dubbed “Jalapeño.