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TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI And Broadcom Develop a Custom Chip for AI Inference

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Plus: Qualcomm to acquire AI software firm Modular in $3.9 billion stock deal. And Zoox debuts redesigned robotaxi for large-scale production. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.4

Open AI and Broadcom have joined forces to develop a custom AI chip for large language model

0:44.7

in France. The chip, dubbed Halapeno, was built from scratch to improve efficiency and lower

0:50.5

costs for serving AI systems at scale. Open AI and Broadcom didn't disclose specific performance measures,

0:57.4

but said a more detailed report will be available in the coming months.

1:01.2

The project is part of OpenAI strategy to reduce reliance on external hardware suppliers

1:06.9

and optimize infrastructure for its growing AI services.

1:12.8

Broadcom said the project represents the start of a multi-generation collaboration aimed at building large-scale AI infrastructure.

1:19.9

Qualcomm has agreed to acquire AI software company modular in a $3.9 billion stock deal.

1:32.3

The acquisition is an effort to make AI faster and cheaper for the semiconductor company's customers.

1:33.4

Modular makes software that allows AI to run efficiently across hardware architectures,

1:38.9

enabling developers to deploy AI at a lower cost.

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