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title: "Positron, which is designing AI inference processor Asimov featuring a \"memory-first architecture\" and up to 2.3TB of memory, raised $875M at a $5B valuation (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/positron-which-is-designing-ai-inference-processor-asimov-featuring-a-a4d99454
published: 2026-09-10T14:25:02.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
---

# Positron, which is designing AI inference processor Asimov featuring a "memory-first architecture" and up to 2.3TB of memory, raised $875M at a $5B valuation (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-09-10 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/positron-which-is-designing-ai-inference-processor-asimov-featuring-a-a4d99454

Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal : Positron, which is designing AI inference processor Asimov featuring a "memory-first architecture" and up to 2.3TB of memory, raised $875M at a $5B valuation — NEA, Atreides and Jim Clark are among investors putting $875 million into firm making chips designed for fast running of AI models

In this story: [Atreides](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/atreides)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260910/p21#a260910p21)

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