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Japanese startup Preferred Networks has designed second-generation AI chips to be found by TSMC

Update time : 2024-01-02 13:50:21

Japanese startup Preferred Networks is ramping up its investment in customized artificial intelligence (AI) chips, seeking to secure access to key hardware as generative AI triggers a global investment boom.

Preferred Networks, whose investors include automaker Toyota and robotics maker Fanuc, began developing the first generation of AI chips to power its supercomputers in 2016.
Toru Nishikawa, co-founder and CEO of Preferred Networks, said in an interview, "We know that we need to optimize energy consumption and minimize procurement risks that would otherwise make our business untenable."
Companies around the world are scrambling to acquire AI chips, and companies that design chips in-house, such as Amazon and Microsoft, are excited about the potential of the technology.
Preferred Networks has completed the design of its second-generation AI chip, which is made by TSMC and will power its new supercomputer.
Preferred Networks says the chip has been optimized for AI tasks, with lower power consumption and higher computational power, in part by shifting functions normally performed by hardware to software.
Preferred Networks plans to deliver its latest technology for creating large language models and drug discovery next year, and provide pure computing power to customers in 2027.

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