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AMD acquires startup Taalas to boost inference perf by etching models in silicon

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AMD is acquiring Taalas, a startup focused on AI inference acceleration, per Hacker News. Taalas specializes in custom silicon with machine learning models etched directly into the hardware, a technique designed to speed up computation.

Source: https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/08/06/amd-acquir...

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