Summary
- The US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic is in talks with Samsung Electronics on manufacturing custom AI chips.
- Anthropic has entered the early stages of developing custom chips for servers running its own AI models, with Samsung under discussion as a potential manufacturing partner.
- The Information said Nvidia accounts for about 74% of the global AI chip market, raising questions about whether its dominance could come under pressure.
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Anthropic, the US artificial intelligence company behind Claude, is in talks with Samsung Electronics Co. on manufacturing custom AI chips, The Information reported on July 2.
The technology publication said Anthropic has recently entered the early stages of developing a custom AI chip. Samsung has discussed serving as a potential manufacturing partner for the chip, the report said.
Anthropic is the maker of the generative AI service Claude. The company is considering working with Samsung to use custom chips in servers running its own AI models.
The talks are also drawing attention to whether Nvidia Corp.'s dominance could come under pressure. Nvidia accounts for about 74% of the global AI chip market, according to The Information.
JOON HYOUNG LEE
gilson@bloomingbit.ioCrypto Journalist based in Seoul