Tuesday, October 3rd 2023

Tenstorrent Selects Samsung Foundry to Manufacture Next-Generation AI Chiplet

Tenstorrent, a company that sells AI processors and licenses AI and RISC-V IP, announced today that it selected Samsung Foundry to bring Tenstorrent's next generation of AI chiplets to market. Tenstorrent builds powerful RISC-V CPU and AI acceleration chiplets, aiming to push the boundaries of compute in multiple industries such as data center, automotive and robotics. These chiplets are designed to deliver scalable power from milliwatts to megawatts, catering to a wide range of applications from edge devices to data centers.

To ensure the highest quality and cutting-edge manufacturing capabilities for its chiplet, Tenstorrent has selected Samsung's Foundry Design Service team, known for their expertise in silicon manufacturing. The chiplets will be manufactured using Samsung's state-of-the-art SF4X process, which boasts an impressive 4 nm architecture.
"Tenstorrent's focus is on developing high performance compute and delivering these solutions to customers around the world," said Jim Keller, CEO of Tenstorrent. "It is great that we have Keith Witek on-board as our COO to drive great partnerships like this one we have with Samsung. Samsung Foundry's commitment to advancing semiconductor technology aligns with our vision for advancing RISC-V and AI and makes them an ideal partner to bring our AI chiplets to market."

"Samsung Foundry is expanding in the US, and we are committed to serving our customers with the best available semiconductor technology," said Marco Chisari, head of Samsung's US Foundry business. "Samsung's advanced silicon manufacturing nodes will accelerate Tenstorrent's innovations in RISC-V and AI for data center and automotive solutions. We look forward to working together and serving as Tenstorrent's foundry partner."

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor manufacturing headquartered in South Korea, has a new fab under construction in Taylor, Texas, neighboring its first US semiconductor manufacturing facility in Austin. Samsung Foundry facilities in the US with the latest manufacturing nodes will enable Tenstorrent to bring highly competitive offerings to market.
Source: Tenstorrent
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10 Comments on Tenstorrent Selects Samsung Foundry to Manufacture Next-Generation AI Chiplet

#1
TumbleGeorge
TheLostSwedeThese chiplets are designed to deliver scalable power from milliwatts to megawatts
I'd normally use manageable amplifiers to scalable power.
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#2
las
Samsung 4nm, with same density as Intel 7 or TSMC 7-10nm?

You mostly go Samsung for price.
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#3
Denver
lasSamsung 4nm, with same density as Intel 7 or TSMC 7-10nm?

You mostly go Samsung for price.
Apparently, superior to Intel 4.

I don't know about the efficiency after countless iterations of the same process, it must have already broken Intel's record with 14nm++++ lol
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#4
las
DenverApparently, superior to Intel 4.

I don't know about the efficiency after countless iterations of the same process, it must have already broken Intel's record with 14nm++++ lol
I somewhat doubt that

Samsung 8nm was mediocre at best, but cheap
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#5
AnarchoPrimitiv
Well, Samsung have publicly claimed that they're really focusing on the foundry services, so hopefully this is the beginning of much more competitive Samsung.....any additional competition in an already heavily consolidated industry I'd always appreciated.
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#6
Denver
lasI somewhat doubt that

Samsung 8nm was mediocre at best, but cheap
Historically, Samsung's processes have a density close to that of competitors (remember that the Ampere chips reached densities of around 45mTr/mm2 and RDNA2 at 7nm was only about 10% denser than that), with the downside of being inefficient, and lately they have had terrible yields(30%)...

Supposedly they have solved the yield problem, and are further improving density and efficiency with the fourth or fifth 4nm iteration. I think Samsung could be an alternative to create mid and low-end GPUs with decent prices in the next generation, hoping for that.
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#7
Patriot
lasSamsung 4nm, with same density as Intel 7 or TSMC 7-10nm?

You mostly go Samsung for price.
If your chips are good enough, which I imagine tenstorrent's will be... you can manage being less optimally fabricated, but you need.... foundry capacity which TSMC does not have.
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#8
mrnagant
lasSamsung 4nm, with same density as Intel 7 or TSMC 7-10nm?

You mostly go Samsung for price.
Being a startup, it makes sense vs competing and paying for the latest nodes from TMSC.
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#9
las
PatriotIf your chips are good enough, which I imagine tenstorrent's will be... you can manage being less optimally fabricated, but you need.... foundry capacity which TSMC does not have.
Thats true, Nvidia beat AMD last gen using the cheap Samsung 8nm process after all, which is more like TSMC 10nm. Meanwhile AMD used 7nm TSMC.
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#10
Pizdarenkowitch
They picked Samsung,because of their GAA-FET .... so why are you people surprised ???
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