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Meta has unveiled four generations of custom-designed AI chips focused on inference workloads, aiming to reduce inference costs across its platforms serving billions of users. The move represents a significant step toward reducing Meta's dependence on GPU manufacturers like Nvidia and AMD.

Meta has developed four new custom AI chips called MTIA (Meta Training and Inference Accelerator) processors designed to power its AI models and recommendation systems. The move represents the company's ongoing effort to reduce dependence on Nvidia's expensive processors while managing massive compute requirements.

Meta has signed a multi-billion dollar deal to rent Google's TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) chips for training its AI models, marking a significant shift away from Nvidia's dominance in AI infrastructure. The arrangement provides Meta with alternative compute capacity while signaling growing competition in the specialized AI chip market.