Broadcom Unveils Massive XPU Chip for Consumer AI, Among World's Largest
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Broadcom has shown an enormous AI chip called XPU that could be the world's largest chip made for a consumer AI company.
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The XPU chip uses high-bandwidth memory and has two huge compute units, indicating it is targeted for advanced AI applications.
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Broadcom executive Frank Ostojic announced this is the 3rd generation XPU chip designed for a major consumer AI company.
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The XPU is nearly as big as possible, taking up almost an entire 300mm wafer, which is an impressive manufacturing achievement.
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Software will need to catch up to be able to take full advantage of the extreme compute power in the XPU chip.