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Judging by the job posting, we can say Facebook wants AI and machine learning as one duty, but FPGAs also are useful for simulating new chips, including ASICs in development.
According to Bloomberg, this is a move to lower its reliance on other chip makers such as Intel and Qualcomm.
One job posting on Facebook's corporate website highlighted by the news agency is for a manager to create an "end-to-end SoC/ASIC, firmware and driver development organization", suggesting the initiative is still in the early stages.
The Menlo Park, California-based company would join other technology giants tackling the massive effort to develop chips.
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Apple has already started shipping its self-branded chips inside its iOS devices in 2010 and now uses them in within many of its product lineups.
Facebook is said to be working on its own smart speaker. Next month, it will also release the Oculus Go, a virtual-reality headset that runs on a Qualcomm processor. For context, "Soc" means "system-on-a-chip, ' and 'ASAIC" is short for 'Application-specific integrated circuit.' As the name implies, ASAICs are specialized chips designed for a very specific goal. Such components are often the fastest or most-efficient at running a particular piece of software.
AI is a hot area in tech, and Facebook is a major player, using it for things like face recognition for photos posted to the social network. A job listing references "expertise to build custom solutions targeted at multiple verticals including AI/ML", indicating that the chip work could focus on a processor for artificial intelligence tasks. While Facebook looking to build its own chips, it declined to comment on the job postings.
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