Meta Announces Four New AI Chips to Reduce Nvidia Dependence
Technology company Meta announced the development of four custom artificial intelligence chips on Wednesday, 11 March 2026, US time.
These chips are part of Meta’s Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) line, which was first introduced to the public in 2023. The new Meta chips have been named MTIA 300, MTIA 400, MTIA 450, and MTIA 500.
The four chips, developed in-house by Meta, are designed to support AI-related tasks and form part of the company’s broader data centre expansion plan. According to Meta, by developing chips independently, the company can maximise the price-to-performance ratio in its data centres compared to relying solely on chips from third-party vendors.
The MTIA 300 was launched several weeks earlier. This chip is designed to train simple AI models that support tasks such as Meta’s recommendation systems, including displaying relevant content and serving online advertisements to users across Meta’s platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.
The other three chips will be launched at later dates. The MTIA 400, MTIA 450, and MTIA 500 are designed for more advanced AI tasks, such as generating images and video from text-based user instructions. However, these chips will not be used for training AI models.
More specifically, the MTIA 400 is in the final stages of testing and is expected to be deployed in Meta’s data centres soon. The other two chips will be deployed for operation in 2027.
These three chips will be equipped with high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to support generative AI inference tasks. Meta has secured supplies of memory amid current shortages, though further details were not disclosed.
“We are very concerned about HBM supply. However, we believe we have secured supplies for the projects we have planned,” according to a Meta executive.
Although developed in-house by Meta, the chips are manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). The parent company of Facebook is also developing proprietary chips, partly to avoid dependence on third parties, as noted by the Meta executive.