SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- OpenAI and Broadcom on Monday announced a strategic collaboration to develop 10 gigawatts of custom artificial intelligence accelerators.

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, will design the accelerators and systems in partnership with chipmaker Broadcom, the companies said. The racks -- scaled entirely with Broadcom's Ethernet and other connectivity solutions -- will be deployed across OpenAI facilities and partner data centers.

"By building our own chip, we can embed what we've learned from creating frontier models and products directly into the hardware, unlocking new levels of capability and intelligence," said OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman.

OpenAI and Broadcom have long-standing agreements on the co-development and supply of the AI accelerators.

"Custom accelerators combine remarkably well with standards-based Ethernet scale-up and scale-out networking solutions to provide cost and performance optimized next generation AI infrastructure," said Charlie Kawwas, President of the Semiconductor Solutions Group at Broadcom.

The two companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, but said they will start deploying the new racks of AI accelerators late next year, according to ABC News.

It's the latest big deal between OpenAI and the companies building the chips and data centers required to power AI.

In recent weeks, OpenAI announced partnerships with chipmakers Nvidia and AMD that will supply the AI startup with specialized chips for running its AI systems. OpenAI has also made big deals with Oracle, CoreWeave and other companies developing the data centers where those chips are housed.