Meta to begin manufacturing custom 'Iris' AI chip in September, aims to double computing capacity
Meta Platforms plans to begin manufacturing its custom AI chip, code-named "Iris," starting September as part of a broader initiative to boost its overall computing power to 14 gigawatts by next year. The chip is part of a four-generation Meta Training and Inference Accelerators (MTIA) project designed in-house to power AI features across Facebook and Instagram. Testing reportedly took only six weeks with no major issues found.
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Meta Platforms plans to start manufacturing an artificial intelligence chip from September as part of its plan to boost overall computing power to 14 gigawatts next year
The tech firm's data center chip, code-named 'Iris', is part of a four-generation project for Meta Training and Inference Accelerators (MTIA) that it will design in-house
Testing the chip took only six weeks and found no major issues
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