Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Abandons Custom Chip Development For Orion AR Glasses: Report
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Abandons Custom Chip Development For Orion AR Glasses: Report
Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has reportedly decided to discontinue its custom chip development for its upcoming augmented reality glasses.
据报道，由马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）领导的Meta Platforms Inc.（纳斯达克代码:META）决定放弃为即将推出的增强现实眼镜开发自定义芯片。
What Happened: The in-house chip development was considered too costly and not in line with the company's current business objectives, reported Fortune, citing two people familiar with the company and changes.
根据《财富》杂志的报道，内部芯片开发被认为成本过高，也与该公司目前的业务目标不符。报道援引了两位熟悉该公司和变化的人的话。
Meta has decided to rely on third-party chipmakers like Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) for its forthcoming prototypes and potential future versions of the AR glasses, the report noted, citing one source.
报道指出，Meta已决定依靠高通公司（纳斯达克代码:QCOM）等第三方芯片制造商为其即将推出的原型机和潜在的未来版本的AR眼镜提供芯片。据一位消息人士称。
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Facebook和Instagram的母公司尚未立即回应Benzinga的评论请求。
The chips were designed to be the heart of the wearable devices they were being developed for, primarily a line of AR glasses codenamed Orion.
这些芯片设计成这些佩戴设备的核心，主要用于一系列代号为Orion的AR眼镜。
An "experimental" prototype of the Orion AR glasses is still expected to be unveiled by Meta later this year.
据悉，Meta仍有望在今年晚些时候发布Orion AR眼镜的“实验性”原型。
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Why It Matters: The decision to abandon the project is part of Meta's ongoing cost-cutting initiatives.
放弃该项目的决定是Meta正在进行的削减成本的一部分。
In February this year, Meta reportedly chose not to renew its lease for seven floors of office space in Singapore, following a series of global layoffs.
今年2月，据报道，Meta选择不续租新加坡的七层办公空间，这是在全球范围内裁员之后的举措。
Meanwhile, in April, Meta launched its next-generation AI chip, the MTIA, to compete with Nvidia Corporation's AI offerings in the cloud business.
与此同时，今年4月，Meta推出了其下一代ai芯片MTIA，以与Nvidia Corporation的云业务中的AI产品竞争。
The MTIA chip was designed in-house for Meta's AI workload, focusing on providing the right balance of compute, memory bandwidth, and memory capacity for serving ranking and recommendation models.
MTIA芯片是Meta内部设计用于其AI工作负载的，重点是提供适当的计算、内存带宽和内存容量，用于服务排名和推荐模型。
In July, Meta announced second-quarter revenue of $39.07 billion, surpassing analyst expectations of $38.31 billion.
今年7月，Meta宣布第二季度营业收入为390.7亿美元，超过了分析师预期的383.1亿美元。
The company also reported adjusted earnings of $5.16 per share for the second quarter, exceeding the analyst estimate of $4.73 per share.
该公司还公布了第二季度每股调整后的盈利为5.16美元，超过了分析师预期的4.73美元。
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