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Sequoia Capital Is Said to Back U.K. Chip Startup Graphcore
- PeachPlum 9y ago> Chief Executive Officer Nigel Toon has said his goal is to double or triple Graphcore’s 60-person team by the end of next year. Not produce anything of value, just x2 or x3 costs
- pkaye 9y agoMaybe better to switch to developing a web application with a 3000 person head count?
- djrogers 9y agoThat's more than a little unfair without knowing the context or wording of his statement. The same paragraph you clipped that from says: "The company has yet to develop a chip past the benchmark testing phase but has said it will begin selling products broadly next year." If the comment came in the context of a conversation around why they need more cash and what he's going to do with it, it makes perfect sense to talk about adding headcount.
- marcosdumay 9y ago> Not produce anything of value To produce a chip tailored for AI. It's the next phrase on the article. From the company name, probably a multi-threaded graph processor. Those are hard to design.
- convolvatron 9y agodon't those seem like two different architectures? assuming that in saying AI you mean mammoth adaptive filters
- marcosdumay 9y agoI don't know how to apply graph processors on AI either. I'm intrigued by their product since they first appeared on HN.