AMD Acquires Taalas to Enhance AI Chip Offerings
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is buying Canadian startup Taalas, a move that will let it offer another type of artificial intelligence chip to the burgeoning data center industry.
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. AMD's acquisition integrates model weights directly into silicon to boost inference performance.
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“Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is buying Canadian startup Taalas, a move that will let it offer another type of artificial intelligence chip to the burgeoning data center industry.”
Bloomberg — Advanced Micro Devices to Buy Startup Taalas for New AI Chips“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.”
CNBC — AMD buys chip startup that hardwires AI models into its silicon“Tobias Mann / The Register: AMD acquires Toronto-based Taalas, which integrates model weights directly into silicon to boost inference performance, for an undisclosed sum — Early tech demos”
techmeme — AMD acquires Toronto-based Taalas, which integrates model weights directly into silicon to boost inference performance, for an undisclosed sum (Tobias Mann/The Register)
Earlier versions
- Aug 6, 8:05 PM — AMD Buys Taalas Startup That Hardwires AI Models Into Its Silicon (1/1)