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AMD buys Taalas, chip startup that hardwires AI models into its silicon

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/06/amd-buys-taalas-startup-that-hardwires-ai-models-into-its-silicon.html
3•NortySpock•52m ago

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NortySpock•52m ago
My understanding is that Taalas burned a Large Language Model as analog silicon, leading to something that ran (roughly) 10x faster for 10x less power

...at the cost of it being burned in forever. Non-programmable.