AI Chip Startup Taalas Acquired by AMD

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **AI Chip Startup Taalas Acquired by AMD** (eetimes) - [Read more](https://www.eetimes.com/ai-chip-startup-taalas-acquired-by-amd/) - **Nvidia Stock: AMD Just Ramped Up the AI Chip Battle - Barron's** (google_gpu) - [Read more](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMickFVX3lxTE5LSFA3OUxFTjZXUDZia3Z3ZUxqcW5xbXJDVXRNb1pjdG9SMVdXUnlHdGhiMkQtanl4RC1zZHVCeDBzRVFkNnk0U3BnZzg2SElYSTNMR196bE1YTHU0bmVHTGNXY0Vqbm5CU2xyY2JBREtpdw?oc=5) - **AMD to Acquire Taalas for Model Specific AI Inference Chips** (servethehome) - [Read more](https://www.servethehome.com/amd-to-acquire-taalas-for-model-specific-ai-inference-chips/) - **Anthropic co-designing custom AI inference chips to bypass costly Nvidia GPUs — Samsung reported as manufacturing partner for Claude maker** (toms_hardware) - [Read more](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/anthropic-to-build-its-own-co-designed-custom-ai-accelerator-for-inferencing-workloads-samsung-reported-to-be-partnering-with-the-claude-ai-maker-for-manufacturing) - **Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) Unveils AI Chip Advances In CoWoS And 2D Transistors - finance.yahoo.com** (google_ai_chip) - [Read more](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOeU9IaWRsTC1Na2lseDByellaekRJV2loNEpQS2RXbEhoSzZ1UGxDZURFMW1SVFZxRjNzaS1aaVp2MG1EYTNRRzBJZDN1TkZSelMwQU9MX0F6TTF0dnEtc3pDTWFGYUpjUUlScTI0UnN3NlBURGNBeHpTWVBYUjhfWUctSkpfWlhyNlRhUEx4Mzh0Z2x6Ml9yNlU3V2p6VzViWEJ2UDljOUxMNDQ?oc=5) --- *Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*