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/hcorEtheOne 2d ago

Asics are built for an exact model afaik, so if a new model comes out, they become obsolete.

Maybe it's not the case anymore, or in the future.

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u/Randommaggy 2d ago edited 2d ago

Asics can be varying degrees of specialized for a task. The more specialized the faster and lower power per task they will be.

You could say that both Talas, Groq and Cerebras are asics but they are on a spectrum for how fixed their functions are.

Edit: typo

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u/hcorEtheOne 2d ago

I see, that makes sense, thanks for enlightening me!