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The most expensive chip in an AI rack runs on Texas Instruments' cheapest ones

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SUMMARY
  • An AI processor needs electricity at less than one volt, but power reaches the cabinet at hundreds of volts.
  • Texas Instruments makes many of the small, cheap chips that step it down and keep it safe on the way.
  • It is spending tens of billions of dollars on its own American factories to make those chips more cheaply than anyone who rents factory space.
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