Le projet reste au stade des discussions préliminaires sans cahier des charges technique arrêté ni calendrier d'usinage.
Cette initiative s'inscrit dans la stratégie des concepteurs de modèles d'IA visant à contourner le monopole de Nvidia et à maîtriser leurs coûts de calcul à grande échelle.
Selon The Information, Anthropic a engagé des discussions avec Samsung pour explorer la fabrication d'un processeur propriétaire. L'entreprise n'a pas encore défini l'architecture, la puissance ni l'usage précis du composant, tout en affirmant maintenir ses approvisionnements auprès de Nvidia, Google et Amazon.
Impact concret
Les directeurs d'infrastructure et CTO doivent anticiper la diversification du matériel d'inférence en concevant des applications portables d'un accélérateur à l'autre.
Applications concrètes
Optimisation de l'inférence des modèles Claude sur du matériel propriétaire et réduction de la consommation électrique par requête.
Back in April, Reuters reported that Anthropic was toying with the idea of producing its own AI chips as a means of responding to chip shortages. Now, it would appear that the company is getting serious about this idea. On Thursday, The Information reported that Anthropic was in contact with Samsung to explore a collaboration around the pending chip. However, Anthropic hasn’t yet decided what the chip will be used for, how it will fit into the server, or how powerful it will be, according to the report. When reached for comment, Anthropic told TechCrunch that a diversified hardware stack that includes chips from Google, Amazon, and Nvidia will continue to be pivotal to its compute strategy. On the topic of a potential Samsung partnership, the company said it had nothing further to add. A number of AI companies have sought to develop custom chips — both as a way to create unique hardware for specific compute tasks and to gain a certain amount of independence from Nvidia, which continues to be the undisputed leader of the chip industry. Anthropic’s announcement may also be a response to one made last week by its key competitor, OpenAI, which has teamed up with Broadcom to announce its own custom-built inference processor, dubbed “Jalapeño.” OpenAI says that the chip is more efficient, demonstrating better performance-per-watt, than other competitor chips. Amazon and Google both offer custom-built TPUs as part of their cloud offering. Samsung is already embedded in the AI industry, and acts as a major partner of Nvidia, producing chips that the company needs to train or run its AI models. In turn, Samsung uses Nvidia’s software to manufacture its chips. The duo are working on an AI chip factory in South Korea. Samsung has also discussed partnering with Google on its chip-making efforts. Topics AI , AI chips , Anthropic , nvidia , OpenAI , Samsung , TC When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission . This doesn’t affect our editorial independence. Lucas Ropek Senior Writer, TechCrunch Lucas is a senior writer at TechCrunch, where he covers artificial intelligence, consumer tech, and startups. He previously covered AI and cybersecurity at Gizmodo. You can contact Lucas by emailing lucas.ropek@techcrunch.com. View Bio November 4 Boston Last chance to save up to $190 on TechCrunch Founder Summit. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs at all stages for real-world scaling insights and connections that move the needle. Savings end June 26, 11:59 p.m. PT . REGISTER NOW Most Popular The ‘Father of the Internet’ is finally retiring Tim Fernholz OpenClaw is finally available on Android and iOS Lucas Ropek Flipper Device’s new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity Ivan Mehta Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short Anthony Ha Govee’s smart nugget ice maker makes every iced drink feel like a luxury Aisha Malik Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on Kate Park FTC gives Musk the OK to acquire SpaceX alumni startup Mesh Marina Temkin