The custom chip is designed to train Meta’s artificial intelligence systems and reduce the company’s dependency on third-party suppliers like Nvidia, with Meta aiming to use its own in-house chips by 2026.

Meta's new training chip is a dedicated accelerator, which means that it is designed to carry out only AI-specific tasks. This could make it more power-efficient than the integrated graphics processing units, or GPUs, generally used for AI workload, the report noted.

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 ,