AMD buys Taalas, chip startup that hardwires AI models into its silicon
Advanced Micro Devices is counting on its graphics processing units to drive the bulk of its data center growth as cloud companies snap up all the advanced AI chips they can find. But as the generative artificial intelligence boom approaches its fourth anniversary, it's becoming clear that GPUs don't do everything.On Thursday, AMD said it's entered into an agreement to acquire Taalas, a Toronto-based startup that makes chips for inference. Taalas' accelerators are customized, or hard-wired for a single AI model, rather than being general purpose.
- ▪Advanced Micro Devices is counting on its graphics processing units to drive the bulk of its data center growth as cloud companies snap up all the advanced AI chips they can find.
- ▪But as the generative artificial intelligence boom approaches its fourth anniversary, it's becoming clear that GPUs don't do everything.On Thursday, AMD said it's entered into an agreement to acquire Taalas, a Toronto-based startup that mak
- ▪Taalas' accelerators are customized, or hard-wired for a single AI model, rather than being general purpose.
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Advanced Micro Devices is counting on its graphics processing units to drive the bulk of its data center growth as cloud companies snap up all the advanced AI chips they can find. But as the generative artificial intelligence boom approaches its fourth anniversary, it's becoming clear that GPUs don't do everything.On Thursday, AMD said it's entered into an agreement to acquire Taalas, a Toronto-based startup that makes chips for inference. Taalas' accelerators are customized, or hard-wired for a single AI model, rather than being general purpose. In exchange for that loss of flexibility, Taalas' technology promises a less-expensive chip that it says can produce output for specific models thousands of times faster than a traditional GPU.
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