The startup d-Matrix, invested by Microsoft, has launched its first AI chip
Silicon Valley startup d-Matrix announced on Tuesday that it has begun shipping its first AI chip, with mass shipments expected next year. d-Matrix's new chip acts like a super brain, enabling many different people to interact with AI simultaneously, allowing AI systems to respond to user requests faster and better, especially in areas like video generation and chatbots. Currently, d-Matrix has raised over $160 million in funding, including investments from Microsoft's venture capital arm
Silicon Valley startup d-Matrix announced on Tuesday that its first artificial intelligence chip has begun delivery, aiming to provide services such as chatbots and video generators.
d-Matrix is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has raised over $160 million in funding, including investments from Microsoft's venture capital arm. The company stated that some early customers are currently testing these sample chips, with mass shipments expected to begin next year. Although d-Matrix did not disclose the specific customer list, it mentioned that Advanced Micro Devices will sell servers equipped with d-Matrix chips.
d-Matrix aims to complement AI chip giants like Nvidia, but Nvidia's chips are more focused on "training" AI systems on massive datasets, akin to teaching them how to learn new things. In contrast, d-Matrix's chips are designed to quickly process many user requests after the system has learned, a process known as "inference."
d-Matrix's chips are specifically designed to handle a large number of user requests simultaneously on a single chip, efficiently operating even as users continuously demand new responses from the AI system or request adjustments to the videos it generates.
d-Matrix CEO Sid Sheth stated:
“We see a lot of interest in video-related applications. Customers are telling us, ‘We want to generate videos, and we want a group of users to interact with their videos individually.’”