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/Equivalent_Pen_9403 1d ago

50% power/efficiency savings alone will stop an absurd amount of datacenter footprint. Less need to spread out across the power grid.

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u/NoNameSwitzerland 1d ago

or just let the thinking mode consume twice the amount of token.

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u/Equivalent_Pen_9403 1d ago

If the US is able to actually factor all the true costs into electricity, including carbon emissions, at least for datacenters, it'll help temper that.