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AMD acquires Toronto-based Taalas, which integrates model weights directly into silicon to boost inference performance, for an undisclosed sum (Tobias Mann/The Register)

Source: TECHMEME · AUG 06, 2026

Tobias Mann / The Register : AMD acquires Toronto-based Taalas, which integrates model weights directly into silicon to boost inference performance, for an undisclosed sum — Early tech demos show model-specific integrated circuits churning out up to 17,000 tokens a second — In AMD's latest bid to upset Nvidia's dominance …

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