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- NextSilicon has developed a novel chip that adapts its hardware to accelerate high-performance computing applications.
- The Maverick-2 is claimed to have up to 4x the processing performance per watt of graphics processing units (GPUs) and 20x that of high-performance general processors (CPUs).
After years of work, the start-up NextSilicon has detailed its Maverick-2, what it claims is a new class of accelerator chip.
Brandon Draeger
A key complement to the chip is NextSilicon’s software, which parses the high-performance computing application before mapping it onto the Maverick-2.
“CPUs and GPUs treat all the code equally,” says Brandon Draeger, vice president of marketing at NextSilicon. “Our approach looks at the most important, critical part of the high-performance computing application and we focus on accelerating that.”
With the unveiling of the Maverick-2 NextSilicon has exited its secrecy period.
Founded in 2017, the start-up has raised $303 million in funding and has 300 staff. The company is opening two design centres—in Serbia and Switzerland—with a third planned for India. The bulk of the company’s staff is located in Israel.
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