Meta is considering using unusual custom CPUs in its data centers for machine learning and AI. It’s another sign that Nvidia’s toughest rivals are developing their own alternatives to its own hardware.

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has previously announced that it plans to deploy its own custom-designed artificial intelligence chips, codenamed Artemis, into its data centers this year, but will continue to use them alongside Nvidia H100 GPUs for the time being. I reported on. Even if only slightly.

but, register Job ads for ASIC engineers with expertise in architecture, design, and testing have now been spotted in Bangalore, India, and Sunnyvale, California, and Meta claims it intends to develop its own AI hardware doing.