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AMD is acquiring Taalas, a startup that hardwires AI models into custom chips

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AMD is acquiring Taalas, a startup that hardwires AI models into custom chips
Quartz
Quartz1 hrs ago
AMD is acquiring Taalas, a startup that hardwires AI models into custom chips
The Toronto-based startup, founded in 2023, has raised $219 million and builds chips hardwired for specific AI models
CNBC
CNBC17 hrs ago
AMD buys chip startup that hardwires AI models into its silicon
Taalas' current chip runs a small version of Meta's Llama 3.1, though the company is working on chips for bigger and more advanced models.
The Register
The Register🏁 first to report17 hrs ago
AMD acquires AI chip startup Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models into silicon
Early tech demos show model-specific integrated circuits churning out up to 17,000 tokens a second
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