$30M Raised to Redo the CPU (opens tendrils.co)
Tendrils announces a $30M raise on its own blog to rethink the CPU.
Context: At GTC Berlin, Jensen Huang introduced reference architectures and tools for building data centers and robots, including the DSX Pod plug-in data center.
From SiliconANGLE: Nvidia Corp. today debuted a set of technologies that will make it easier for customers to build data centers and robots using its chips. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang detailed the offerings at the company’s annual GTC Berlin event.
Tendrils announces a $30M raise on its own blog to rethink the CPU.
Ten Zen 6 server CPUs in two groups; Tom's Hardware's benchmarks say a dual 9996 is up to 93% faster than a dual Zen 5 9965.
Optical interconnects for chiplets; Singapore's Openspace Capital led the pre-seed.
The AI buildout runs on debt. The fix isn't more GPUs. It's getting more AI out of the ones that already exist.
GenRobot AI builds equipment and software for collecting human demonstrations used to train robots; the Beijing company raised a $100M Series A+, per TechNode.
Sources: Goldman Sachs and Apollo are in talks with investors to sell portions of SpaceX's ~$40B chip financing, asking some for up to $500M before syndication — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Apollo Global Management Inc. are in talks with Wall Street investors to start selling portions …