OpenAI lifts the lid on its in-house Jalapeño chip - with benchmarks claiming it beats Nvidia's GB300
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OpenAI claiming a 700W Jalapeño beats a 1,400W GB300 on efficiency underscores the strategic push to own the AI silicon stack. For large-scale buyers, this means future negotiations will be about full pipelines — model + compiler + custom silicon — not just GPU unit pricing.
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