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Microsoft is creating its own AI chip 'Athena' : Report

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Image credit : VentureBeat According to rumors, Microsoft is working on its own AI processor. The chip has the codename "Athena," according to The Information, which cited two persons with knowledge of the situation. The goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology is Athena. The technology behind AI chatbots like the OpenAI phenomena ChatGPT will be powered by Athena. According to the information, a small team of Microsoft and OpenAI engineers are testing the chip. The Athena chips will be used to support interference and train large-language models. The technology behemoth anticipates that the chip will function better than those it presently buys from other vendors. [caption id="attachment_116017" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]OpenAI Image credit : InfoQ[/caption] In an effort to reduce costs, some other significant IT firms, including Amazon and Google, also produce their own internal artificial intelligence processors. The market for these chips is dominated by chip designer Nvidia Corp. According to the article, Microsoft is accelerating the implementation as a result of ChatGPT's success. Bing AI, a proprietary AI search engine from Microsoft, was unveiled earlier this year. Nvidia demonstrated in study how AI may be used to enhance chip design by determining the best locations for large groupings of transistors. Samsung predicts that the introduction of 5G wireless networks, artificial intelligence, and self-driving cars will result in a surge in demand for cutting-edge semiconductors. Also read : Tesla: Autopilot Engineer Claims 2016 Self-Driving Video is Fake and Was Edited In addition, a Chinese expert claimed in a study published in February that chips are at the epicenter of a "technology war." In March, President Xi Jinping charged that Washington was waging a campaign of "containment and suppression" in an effort to obstruct China's progress. He encouraged people to "dare to fight."

By Awanish Kumar

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