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.
據報道，馬克·扎克伯格領導的Meta Platforms Inc.（納斯達克股票代碼：META）已決定停止其即將推出的增強現實眼鏡的定製芯片開發。
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.
發生了什麼：《財富》雜誌援引兩位熟悉公司和變更的人士的話報道，內部芯片開發被認爲過於昂貴，不符合公司當前的業務目標。
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.
報告援引一位消息人士的話指出，Meta已決定依靠高通公司（納斯達克股票代碼：QCOM）等第三方芯片製造商來生產其即將推出的AR眼鏡原型和潛在的未來版本。
Facebook and Instagram parent did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comments.
Facebook和Instagram的母公司沒有立即回應本辛加的置評請求。
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.
這些芯片旨在成爲他們開發的可穿戴設備的核心，主要是一系列代號爲Orion的增強現實眼鏡。
An "experimental" prototype of the Orion AR glasses is still expected to be unveiled by Meta later this year.
預計 Meta 仍將在今年晚些時候推出獵戶座增強現實眼鏡的 「實驗性」 原型。
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Why It Matters: The decision to abandon the project is part of Meta's ongoing cost-cutting initiatives.
爲何重要：放棄該項目的決定是 Meta 正在進行的削減成本計劃的一部分。
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.
據報道，在經歷了一系列全球裁員之後，今年2月，Meta選擇不續簽新加坡七層辦公空間的租約。
Meanwhile, in April, Meta launched its next-generation AI chip, the MTIA, to compete with Nvidia Corporation's AI offerings in the cloud business.
同時，Meta在4月推出了其下一代人工智能芯片MTIA，以與英偉達公司在雲業務中的人工智能產品競爭。
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 芯片是爲 Meta 的 AI 工作負載內部設計的，專注於爲排名和推薦模型提供計算、內存帶寬和內存容量的適當平衡。
In July, Meta announced second-quarter revenue of $39.07 billion, surpassing analyst expectations of $38.31 billion.
7月，Meta宣佈第二季度收入爲390.7億美元，超過了分析師預期的383.1億美元。
The company also reported adjusted earnings of $5.16 per share for the second quarter, exceeding the analyst estimate of $4.73 per share.
該公司還報告稱，第二季度調整後的每股收益爲5.16美元，超過了分析師估計的每股4.73美元。
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