OpenAI Uses Broadcom for Jalapeno Custom Inference Chip as Samsung Enters Next Gen
OpenAI’s Jalapeno, its first custom AI inference chip, was developed with Broadcom, strengthening AVGO’s position as a key semiconductor partner. OpenAI also said it is working with Samsung on next-generation chips, creating potential competition over Broadcom’s successor role. Broadcom is developing OpenAI’s third-generation XPU, with Q3 AI semiconductor revenue at $16.7B (+221% YoY) and free cash flow of $13.66B.