Meta is reportedly testing in-house chips for AI training | TechCrunch

Meta is reportedly testing an in-house chip for training AI systems, a part of a strategy to reduce its reliance on hardware makers like Nvidia.

According to Reuters, Meta’s chip, which is designed to handle AI-specific workloads, was manufactured in partnership with Taiwan-based firm TSMC. The company is piloting a “small deployment” of the chip and plans to scale up production if the test is successful.

Meta has deployed custom AI chips before, but only to run models —…