17,000 tokens per second with a model etched into silicon: AMD buys Taalas
AMD bought Taalas, the Toronto startup that etches an AI model’s weights directly into silicon. Its HC1 chip reaches 16,960 tokens per second, but runs only one model.
TSMC Breaks Records and Adds Another US$100 Billion in the U.S.
TSMC earned about US$22 billion in one quarter (+77%) on demand for AI chips and committed another US$100 billion to its production in the United States.