
The AI Chip Race Continues
The demand for differentiated, optimized AI chip architectures remains high if the recent massive funding rounds of several startups are any indication.
Just a handful of AI chip startups have raised nearly $1.5 billion alone in the past six or so months, and that doesn’t even cover all the AI hardware activity that has happened in the past few years. It also doesn’t include the investments semiconductor giants Intel and Nvidia have made in expanding their AI chip design efforts and product portfolios.
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What follows are the 10 hottest AI chipmakers you should be watching in 2021, which includes several startups that have raised funding rounds as well as a couple of large, established companies.