Silicon Data Creates First-of-Its-Kind Index for AI Chips

Silicon Data, a market-intelligence firm that focuses on the cost of graphics processing units, created what it says is the first daily index to track the specialized chips vital to powering artificial intelligence.

The company’s Silicon Data H100 Rental Index tracks the hourly cost of renting a GPU, according to founder and Chief Executive Officer Carmen Li.

“There is zero transparency now for GPU costs,” Li said in an interview. “This is the first step, to help market participants gain transparency into the convoluted world of AI costs.”

Graphics processing units are the workhorse for training AI models. The chips ...