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AMD acquires startup that hard-codes AI models into silicon
The Decoder AMD acquires Taalas, a startup that bakes AI models directly into silicon
AMD has acquired Taalas, a startup that hard-codes AI model weights directly into inference chips to achieve extremely high processing speeds.
Why it matters
Baking models directly into chips makes them incredibly fast and efficient, though it locks the hardware to a single specific AI model.
Latest brief · Oct 19, 2026