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  • Aug 26

    OpenAI releases Jalapeño benchmark data showing efficiency gains over Nvidia GB300

    Benchmark figures released at the Hot Chips conference indicate OpenAI's custom inference processor delivers up to 1.9 times more work per watt than Nvidia GB300 systems.

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