The company, which was an early backer of ChatGPT-owner
OpenAI, has been working on the chip since 2019 and it is being tested by a
small group of Microsoft and OpenAI employees, the report said.
According to the report, the chips will be used for training
large-language models and supporting inference - both needed by generative AI
like the one used in ChatGPT to process massive amounts of data, recognize
patterns and create new outputs to mimic human conversation.
Microsoft is hoping the chip will perform better than what
it currently buys from other vendors, saving it time and money on its costly AI
efforts, the report said. Other big tech companies including Amazon and Google
also make their own in-house chips for AI.
So far, chip designer Nvidia dominates the market for such
chips.
Microsoft and Nvidia did not immediately respond to a
request for comment.
The rollout is being accelerated by Microsoft following the
success of ChatGPT, the report said. The Windows maker earlier this year launched
its own AI-powered search engine, Bing AI, capitalizing on its partnership with
OpenAI and trying to grab market share from Google. © Reuters
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