TSMC rejects ‘Podcasting Bro’ Sam Altman’s $7 trillion fab plan
WEB2 days ago · Per a New York Times report from earlier this week, TSMC’s leadership dismissed Altman as a “podcasting bro” and scoffed at his proposed $7 trillion plan to build 36 new chip manufacturing plants...
TSMC execs allegedly dismissed Sam Altman as ‘podcasting bro’ …
WEB2 days ago · TSMC execs allegedly found Altman’s ideas absurd, and according to one of the NYT’s sources, the chipmaking execs subsequently called Altman a “podcasting bro.” Even implementing a fraction...
OpenAI's Sam Altman dismissed as "podcasting bro" by TSMC
WEB1 day ago · However, when Altman visited TSMC's Taiwan headquarters early in his fundraising tour, he shocked executives by claiming it would take $7 trillion and several years to build the 36 fabs and...
Behind OpenAI’s Audacious Plan to Make A.I. Flow Like Electricity
WEB4 days ago · Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, is talking to the United Arab Emirates, Asian chipmakers and U.S. officials to expand the computing power needed to build artificial intelligence.
Sam Altman wanted 36 new chip factories from TSMC and others
WEB1 day ago · At the end of 2023, Sam Altman, founder and CEO of OpenAI, embarked on a long journey to promote the construction of new chip factories. These were to be used exclusively to produce AI...
Sam Altman's $7 trillion chip ambitions are 'too aggressive,' TSMC ...
WEBJun 4, 2024 · C.C. Wei, CEO of the world's largest chipmaker, TSMC, has spoken with Sam Altman about the OpenAI chief's grand plan to boost AI-chip production.
Sam Altman is talking to TSMC about AI chip venture
WEBJan 24, 2024 · Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is allegedly in talks with both TSMC and Middle Eastern investors to start a new chip venture aimed at reducing OpenAI's dependence on Nvidia (or rather, Azure...
TSMC says it has discussed moving fabs out of Taiwan but such a …
WEBJun 4, 2024 · Altman held talks with TSMC last year to discuss a potential partnership to build roughly three dozen factories in order to ensure that the company would be able to acquire enough silicon to meet...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is talking to TSMC about fabricating AI …
WEBJan 20, 2024 · OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is talking to TSMC about fabricating AI chips. That’s according to a Financial Times story this morning, putting a name to yesterday’s Bloomberg report on Altman’s search...
The latest rumor about Sam Altman’s AI chip-building dream …
WEBFeb 9, 2024 · According to the WSJ, Altman is pitching a chip-making partnership to investors from the UAE, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son (again), and TSMC.