Meta is making a new MTIA chip, which stands for Meta Training and Inference Accelerator. It’s also working on a ‘next-generation data center design’ that’s optimized for AI.
Meta designed a new silicon chip for AI, and the MTIA is better than CPUs, so it says. The latest announcement from Meta did not hold back on its massive work on AI, as it introduced a new in-house-made chip for AI that it claims to be better than current CPUs.
Meta revealed its in-house infrastructure for AI workloads, including generative AI like that used in its recently unveiled ad design and creation tools, at a virtual event this morning. Meta tried to show its superiority by adopting AI-friendly hardware systems, which has slowed its progress compared to Google and Microsoft. “Building our own [hardware] capabilities …