Getting electricity to an AI processor can waste energy before the chip does any useful work. Powerlattice, a chip startup in Vancouver, Washington, has raised $86 million toward a planned $111 million financing, according to a regulatory filing. It makes tiny power-delivery components that sit inside the processor package, shortening the distance electricity travels.
The company says that shorter path can cut energy use by more than half. Its recent demonstration used a device built to imitate the rapidly changing electrical demands of AI processors. That distinction matters as data centers run into power and cooling limits: the demonstration still leaves the question of how the design will perform inside customers' chips.
Source · geekwire.com ↗
