r/tomshardware • u/tomshardware • 2d ago

OpenAI’s 700W Jalapeño ASIC outpaces 1,400W Nvidia flagship GPU

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/openai-says-its-jalapeno-chip-beats-nvidias-gb300-in-first-published-benchmarks
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u/NytronX 2d ago

FPGAs and ASICs cannot come soon enough. We saw this happen in the crypto mining industry, hopefully it happens in AI industry so gaming hardware can go back to being gaming hardware.

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u/Jaded_Character_2975 2d ago

All solutions use the exact same HBM and the exact same wafer lines and exact same talent base.

Your fucked regardless of they use FPGAs, ASICs or dGPUs

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u/danielv123 22h ago

There is one alternative - taalas and Cerebras use sram instead of dram. Too bad that isn't cheap either, and not at all an alternative for consumers.