Anthropic is reportedly in talks with Samsung Electronics to serve as a manufacturing partner for a custom artificial intelligence (AI) chip, according to a report by The Information. The reported move comes as AI companies look to diversify their hardware supply chains to support growing demand for AI services.
According to the report, Anthropic’s plans are still in the early stages, and the company has not yet decided what the processor will be used for, how powerful it should be, or how it would be integrated into server systems.
Anthropic told The Information that Amazon’s Trainium chips, Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs), and Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) will continue to play a central role in its computing strategy. The company is reportedly exploring custom hardware as AI firms seek greater control over the infrastructure used to train and run AI models.
The reported effort follows OpenAI’s recent announcement of its first custom AI chip developed in partnership with Broadcom. The reported discussions have not been officially confirmed by either company, and additional information about the project could emerge as development plans progress.