OpenAI's custom 'Halapeno' chip beats Nvidia's GB300 in internal tests

Paper: The Jonny Report
Day: 2026-08-27
What it shows: OpenAI's new chip to power data centers
The scene as painted: A large data center hall with rows of servers and cooling systems, a few technicians in the background, while in the foreground a single server rack is opened to reveal a newly installed 'Halapeno' chip, with a subtle glow on its surface, under a warm and bright lighting, with a color palette of blues and whites to convey a sense of innovation and technology.
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Painted at: 2026-08-27T00:04:12.859Z
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