Meta is reportedly readying its first in-house AI training chip for deployment The dedicated AI accelerator, made with TSMC, completed tape-out Meta’s shift to custom silicon aims to reduce its dependence on Nvidia hardware Like many of Nvidia’s highest spending customers,

Any setbacks in new chips meant that companies were forced to use older chips, which might not sit well with customers. Perhaps the AI industry is learning from this, because, according to a report from Reuters,

Meta Accelerates AI Chip Development to Reduce Dependence on Nvidia Meta boosts semiconductor initiatives to build an independent AI chip ecosystem

Meta has long been one of NVIDIA’s biggest customers, relying on its GPUs to train AI models. But, as the company has bet big on AI, its spending on AI infrastructure has soared through the roof. Now,