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After years in development, the RISC-V based Root of Trust silicon will finally be included in Chromebooks delivered from late 2025. ?? https://lnkd.in/euFkbWex h/t Dominic Rizzo, zeroRISC, Mark Hayter, Rivos Inc., Nuvoton Technology Corporation #OpenTitan #OpenSource #RootofTrust #RISCV

The third episode of This Side of the Wire is out! In this episode of the podcast we talk with Trina Watt about the evolution of #Risc-V and what it means for the future of compute. Check us out on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. #tech #silicon #riscv Wireside Communications? https://lnkd.in/edNWPVMc

The AI ‘arms race’ has been dominated by compute hardware but competing for the fastest chip is a ‘zero sum’ game - one winner and many losers. The idea that one company (ahem, NVIDIA) could dominate the full stack goes against the very idea of AI being democratic, and I just don’t support that. AI is an ecosystem and I’m striving to highlight the companies developing ENABLING technologies that make hardware work at scale. The solution isn’t more power— it’s greater efficiency. This means solving memory bottlenecks, interconnectivity, network fabrics, and model optimization. These are some of the innovators making the biggest impact: DIMC/NMC Breaking the Memory Wall Most AI models are bottlenecked by memory bandwidth and some think inference–the next big leap in AI–will be made efficient with in-memory or near-memory compute. Others contest these approaches only provide marginal gains, but d-Matrix and Untether AI have proven otherwise. Let’s see if Sam Altman supercharges Rain AI because they’ll drive advancement, too. Next-Gen Network Fabrics DC operators live and die by hardware utlization which requires bulletproof network fabrics. This space was primed for disruption, and AI was it. Companies building next-gen interconnect devices that mesh GPUs and reduce system complexity will transform this market and DC operators are praising Enfabrica and Astera Labs for being pioneers in an oft-overlooked but critical space. Hardware-Software Optimization Advanced AI models are moving away from brute-force training toward greater efficiency using approaches like Mixture of Experts (DeepSeek AI broke the mold). Companies are paying more attention to optimizaing their stacks and Baya Systems and Lemurian Labs are creating those links so customers can get the most out of hardware without being held CUDA-captive. Custom AI Silicon Scalability limits of traditional architectures and time-to-market is brutal in the AI era. You can’t afford to work on a chip for two years while competitors leapfrog you. RISC-V is challenging proprietary ISAs like x86 and ARM by enabling chips purpose-built for AI, and customers also keep greater control over their silicon. Tenstorrent, Rivos Inc., and Akeana are at the forefront of this shift. Photonics Interconnectivity and Compute Mark Wade has said, “copper’s time is up” and photonics is changing the way datacenters approach interconnectivity. Ayar Labs and Lightmatter have compelling theses, however, the market still needs persuasion to make sweeping infrastructure changes. Deeper still, Neurophos is using light as a first principle, leveraging it for AI compute. The AI hardware gold rush has led to massive GPU investments but again, the real value for investors and engineers is in the ecosystem. Enabling AI to scale, become useful, and democratic is far more impactful than trying to drive a stock up by any means necessary. I welcome any debate about that. #semiconductorindustry #artificialintelligence #startups

We heartily welcome the India Team of Rivos Inc. to UV! We are very grateful for our on-going partnership, and we look forward to making many more memories over the years... Congartulations to Ankit Singh for making this happen. Swetha Gopinath Setty from Cushman & Wakefield, we loved working with you. Looking forward to many such successful collabs. Thank you : Jennifer Li, Tse-Yu Yeh, Belli Kuttanna, and Sateesh G for trusting us. Once again, Welcome to UV! We are very happy to have you onboard!