Tech Desk 
Mar 12, 2025
As the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) witnesses fierce competition, Meta has taken a bold move to outshine rivals by beginning to test its first in-house chips to train AI models.
The development comes as the Facebook parent has paced up the manufacturing of its own custom silicon in an effort to minimise dependence on external suppliers like Nvidia, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The sources shared that the tech giant has initially deployed its proprietary chip on a small scale, with plans to supercharge production on the condition of successful testing.
Meta's leanings to develop its own AI chips are reportedly driven by its intentions to bring down the massive toll of infrastructure costs as the company splurges heavily on AI bets.
It was also claimed that Meta's new AI training chips are dedicated accelerators, indicating they are designed primarily to handle only AI-specific tasks.
If the claim has anything to go by, the chips are likely to be power-efficient and even surpass the integrated graphics processing units (GPUs) typically utilised for AI workloads.
Note that the biggest supported, as per sources, of Meta in this foray is Taiwan-based chip-making tycoon TSMC.
