RISC-V business Meta is quietly testing RISC–V–based AI training chips to kick Nvidia out of its wallet. The social notworking outfit has rolled out a “small deployment” of in-house silicon, developed in partnership with Taiwan’s TSMC,

Meta is evaluating its AI training accelerator, which could reduce its reliance on Nvidia's AI GPUs for training.

Facebook owner Meta is testing its first in-house chip for training artificial intelligence systems, a key milestone as it moves to design more of its own custom silicon and reduce reliance on external suppliers like Nvidia,

Any setbacks in new chips meant that companies were forced to use older chips, which might not sit well with customers. Perhaps the AI industry is learning from this, because, according to a report from Reuters,