Meta begins testing its first in-house AI training chip

Facebook owner Meta is testing its first in-house chip for training artificial intelligence systems, a key milestone as it moves to design more of its own custom silicon and reduce reliance on external suppliers like Nvidia, two sources told Reuters.

The world’s biggest social media company has begun a small deployment of the chip and plans to ramp up production for wide-scale use if the test goes well, the sources said.

The push to develop in-house chips is part of a long-term plan at Meta to bring down its mammoth infrastructure costs as the…