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AMD Acquires AI Chip Startup Taalas to Enhance New AI Chips
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has acquired the startup Taalas, a move aimed at enhancing its new AI chips. Taalas specializes in hardwiring AI models directly into silicon, which will bolster AMD's capabilities in artificial intelligence.
6 Aug, 20:05 — 6 Aug, 20:07
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Advanced Micro Devices to Buy Startup Taalas for New AI Chips
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.
By Ian King
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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.
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First report: cnbc · 6 Aug, 20:05|Full coverage: 2 · 2m|Window: 2m
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