Starting from "chip", Facebook enhances the "hard" strength in the field of artificial intelligence

According to Bloomberg, Facebook has hired Shahriar Rabii, the former head of device chip development at Google, as its vice president, demonstrating Facebook's determination to create independently developed chips. Bloomberg believes that Facebook, like other tech giants, is trying to reduce its dependence on chip manufacturers such as Intel, Qualcomm, and Nvidia.

Following Apple, Google, and Amazon, another social networking giant, Facebook, has joined the ranks of independent chip development. According to Bloomberg, Facebook has hired Shahriar Rabii, the former head of device chip development at Google, as its vice president. The independent chip development team is being recruited in an orderly manner.

According to LinkedIn data, Rabbi led a team at Google to design device chips, including custom Visual core chips for Pixel smartphones. According to insiders, Rabbi will work under the leadership of Andrew Bosworth, the director of virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR) products and hardware at Facebook.

Facebook and Google spokespersons declined to comment on the whereabouts of the rabbi.

In April of this year, it was reported that Facebook had started forming a team to design chips and develop chips that could complete different tasks, including chips that serve its massive data center and artificial intelligence software for processing information. Facebook has officially released recruitment guidance for ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) design engineers. The recruitment position belongs to the field of infrastructure, and applicants are required to have professional knowledge in architecture and design of semi customized and fully customized ASICs. Subsequently, Facebook's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun also forwarded the recruitment notice.

The addition of Rabbi demonstrates Facebook's determination to develop independently developed chips. Bloomberg believes that Facebook, like other tech giants, is trying to reduce its dependence on chip manufacturers such as Intel, Qualcomm, and Nvidia.

In October 2017, Intel announced that it was collaborating with companies such as Facebook to develop artificial intelligence (AI) chips, known as the "Nervana Neural Network Processor".

At the 2018 Facebook F8 Developer Conference, Facebook and Xiaomi jointly launched the VR all-in-one machine Oculus Go, which uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chip and starts at $199. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the official launch of the VR all-in-one machine Oculus Go, jointly launched by Facebook's Oculus company and Xiaomi.

In addition, Facebook is also developing a series of smart speakers. According to Taiwanese media reports, the launch of Facebook's smart speakers has been postponed to October, with orders for the first year reduced by 20% compared to the original plan.

By using proprietary chips, Facebook will be able to better control product development programs and further achieve software and hardware integration. At the same time, customized chips can also improve their hard power in artificial intelligence. Facebook has been using artificial intelligence technology to monitor the content posted by users on social media platforms, in order to quickly remove hate speech, fake accounts, and violent live streaming videos. But so far, even human administrators have found it difficult to make accurate judgments about the content