Startup's New AI Chip Claims 13x Faster Performance Than Nvidia for Chatbots Like ChatGPT
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Groq is an AI chip company that claims to make chips called Language Processing Units (LPUs) that are faster than Nvidia's GPUs for running AI models.
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Demo tests show Groq's chips can run chatbots like ChatGPT 13x faster, making real-time conversations possible.
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Groq is not a chatbot itself, but an "inference engine" to accelerate existing chatbots.
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The name "Groq" comes from the sci-fi term "to understand profoundly," leading to confusion with Elon Musk's chatbot called Grok.
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It's uncertain if Groq's chips can scale like Nvidia's, but faster AI chips are key for companies like OpenAI.