# LPU

Nvidia’s $20bn Bet on ‘Extreme’ Inference Chips Signals a Shift from Training to Cheap, High‑Throughput AI

Nvidia’s roughly $20 billion acquisition of Groq’s technology and team marks a strategic bet that AI’s commercial future lies in low‑cost, high‑throughput inference rather than giant training clusters. Chinese startups and spin‑outs are racing to produce specialized inference chips, aiming to slash per‑token costs and capture regional markets as AI applications scale rapidly.