OpenAI Jalapeño design interview transcript
By Jake Roach, Tom's Hardware
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OpenAI revealed its Jalapeño inference ASIC at Hot Chips in August 2026, a chip that leaned heavily on AI to deliver an incredibly short design window. Following the reveal, Tom's Hardware had the opportunity to sit down with the company's VP of Hardware, Richard Ho, to answer some of our most pressing questions about how the chip came into existence, future ambitions, and how AI might be used in the development of silicon. The following article is a full transcript of our interview with Richard Ho, which has been edited for flow and clarity. You can also read additional interview transcripts we produced earlier in the year, featuring Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Valve, and more.
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