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Semiconductor foundry that manufactures chips for third-party designers.
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Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by research breakthroughs, with 0 in the last 30 days. Confidence 40%.
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- 8Hacker News·8/6/2026fundingAMD acquires Taalas for silicon-based AI inference chips
AMD has acquired Toronto-based startup Taalas, which designs model-specific chips that etch model weights directly into silicon to accelerate AI inference. Early demos of Taalas' HC1 chip reportedly reached 16,960 tokens per second, and AMD may integrate the technology into its rack-scale AI systems alongside Instinct GPUs.
- 9The New Stack·7/10/2026breakthroughMeta readies first in-house AI chip Iris
Meta is set to begin production of its proprietary AI chip, Iris, in September after bug testing, with the chip expected to offload some inference workloads from third-party GPUs. The move is part of Meta’s broader push to build more of its AI infrastructure in-house, cut costs, and reduce dependence on external hardware suppliers.