AMD acquires AI chip startup Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models into silicon
2 sources·Updated August 6, 2026
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- CNBC Top News·7h agoAMD 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.
Read at CNBC Top News → - The Register·8h agoAMD 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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