Facebook is building a team to design its own semiconductors, adding to a trend among technology companies to supply themselves and lower their dependence on chipmakers such as Intel and Qualcomm, according to job listings and people familiar with the matter.

The social media company is seeking to hire a manager to build an “end-to-end SoC/ASIC, firmware and driver development organization,” according to a job listing on its corporate website, indicating the effort is still in its early stages.

Facebook could use such chips to power hardware devices, artificial intelligence software and servers in its data centers.

Meanwhile, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg came under pressure from European Union lawmakers Wednesday to come to the region and shed light on the data breach involving Cambridge Analytica that affected nearly 3 million Europeans.

Facebook did not respond to a request for comment.

With Post wires