OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is built for fast inference at scale
Tested on Semianalysis’s InferenceX benchmark, Jalapeño registered both more tokens per user and more throughput per kilowatt than the currently available.
By Dillip Chowdary • Aug 25, 2026 • Source: TechCrunch
What happened
TechCrunch reports: OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is built for fast inference at scale, benchmarks show. Tested on Semianalysis’s InferenceX benchmark, Jalapeño registered both more tokens per user and more throughput per kilowatt than the currently available state-of-the art.
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