Meta Debuts New AI Chip
The company is looking at additional hardware solutions as part of a larger bespoke silicon project that includes the new MTIA chip.
Meta Platforms Inc. has announced the deployment of a new chip designed to bolster its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, a move to lessen dependence on semiconductor suppliers like Nvidia Corp. and other external entities.[1]
The unveiling of the chip represents the latest iteration of the Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA). This technology plays a role in powering algorithms responsible for content ranking and recommendation algorithms across Meta's platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.
“This chip’s architecture is fundamentally focused on providing the right balance of compute, memory bandwidth, and memory capacity for serving ranking and recommendation models,” the company wrote in a blog post.
The company is looking at additional hardware solutions as part of a larger bespoke silicon project that includes the new MTIA chip.
In a significant commitment to advancing AI capabilities, Meta disclosed plans in October to allocate up to $35 billion towards bolstering infrastructure, including investments in data centers and hardware.