OpenAI and Broadcom’s Jalapeño Chip: How a Custom ASIC Could Reshape the AI Hardware Race
Reading Time: 5 minutesOpenAI and Broadcom have unveiled Jalapeño, a custom ASIC designed in roughly nine months that will let OpenAI reduce its dependence on Nvidia GPUs and move toward full-stack infrastructure control. The chip is slated for deployment later in 2026 and full scaling through early 2028, timed strategically with OpenAI’s IPO ambitions.