Meta Platforms Inc has shared new details on its data center projects to better support artificial intelligence work. The company designed a first-generation chip in 2020 as part of the Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) program to improve efficiency for the recommendations models it uses to serve ads and other content in news feeds. The chip was focused exclusively on an AI process called inference, and was found to be more efficient than competitor chips. Meta also provided an update on plans to redesign its data centers around more modern AI-oriented networking and cooling systems. The new design would be 31% cheaper and could be built twice as quickly as the company’s current data centers. Additionally, Meta has an AI-powered system to help its engineers create computer code, similar to tools offered by Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet.
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