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Recently, young chip startup AheadComputing reported raising $21.5M in seed funding for their RISC-V-based CPU solutions. The group, founded by several former Intel CPU engineers and executives, acquired funding led by Eclipse Ventures as well as former Apple and Tesla chip architect Jim Keller. AheadComputing is working to develop innovative solutions to the CPU power and efficiency issues of AI-centered hardware. According to AheadComputing CEO Debbie Marr, the RISC-V ISA, of which several of AheadComputing’s founding members have considerable experience, brings multiple advantages to the endeavor. RISC-V, as Marr posits, has “plenty of room for innovation” as its open, unowned ecosystem can allow for a greater breadth of contributory knowledge and design opportunities.
