Meta bets big on AI with custom chips — and a supercomputer
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/18/meta-bets-big-on-ai-with-custom-chips-and-a-supercomputer/
At a virtual event this morning, Meta lifted the curtains on its efforts to develop in-house infrastructure for AI workloads, including generative AI like the type that underpins its recently launched ad design and creation tools.
It was an attempt at a projection of strength from Meta, which historically has been slow to adopt AI-friendly hardware systems — hobbling its ability to keep pace with rivals such as Google and Microsoft.