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Hardwiring an AI model into a chip means embedding the model's structure into the hardware at the design stage, rather than running it as software on a general-purpose processor.
AMD is acquiring Taalas, a startup that has done this with a product already running a compact version of Meta's Llama 3.1. The company is also developing chips for larger and more advanced models.
What the chip actually does Standard AI chips are general-purpose. A model loads into memory, the chip executes it, and results come back. The hardware carries no permanent relationship with any particular model.
Taalas built its product differently. The chip does not execute Llama 3.1 as a software task loaded from above. The model's structure is embedded in the chip's physical design from the start.
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