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Anthropic plans to design custom microchips to power Claude
Ars Technica Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude
Anthropic is designing its own specialized chips to run its Claude models as part of an industry-wide push to secure independent computing power.
Why it matters
Developing in-house hardware could lower the operational costs of AI models and reduce the industry's heavy reliance on Nvidia's supply chain.
Latest brief · Aug 7, 2026