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Timeline (last 90 days)
OpenAI claims it took only 9 months from initial design to tape-out, while Semi Analysis estimates approximately 16 months when accounting for team formation time.
Jalapeño testing used Semi Analysis's InferenceMAX framework with data provided by OpenAI; the full test suite was not completed, raw logs were not made public, and test scenarios were limited to 8K input and 1K output with speculative decoding disabled.
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OpenAI claims it took only 9 months from initial design to tape-out, while Semi Analysis estimates approximately 16 months when accounting for team formation time.
50%UnverifiedJalapeño testing used Semi Analysis's InferenceMAX framework with data provided by OpenAI; the full test suite was not completed, raw logs were not made public, and test scenarios were limited to 8K input and 1K output with speculative decoding disabled.
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