Actually it's even more interesting than "Intel makes a bitcoin mining chip," which really shouldn't be surprising given how much application-specific accelerat

Actually it's even more interesting than "Intel makes a bitcoin mining chip," which really shouldn't be surprising given how much application-specific accelerators have been making noise, and how many of these chips are already on the market. Multibillion dollar companies love to hedge their bets; it'd be somewhat more surprising if nobody at Intel were working on one. No, the more interesting bit is that it looks like some stealth startup has a close enough relationship to Intel to get them to mint chips. And that's impressive; Intel's silicon manufacturing processes have historically been a black box to outsiders. It'll be a lot more interesting once more details about this pour out. This could be the start of something huge...