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The Most Obvious Hyperscaler To Do Custom Chips Was Always Facebook

May 18, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan 1

Et tu, Meta?

Of all of the world’s hyperscalers and large cloud builders, only Meta Platforms, dominated by its Facebook and related social network businesses like Instagram and WhatsApp, is a pure-play hyperscaler. …

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