Rain Neuromorphics raises $25 million

Stefan Mileschin · 3rd February 2022, 07:39

Chips dedicated to AI algorithms

A startup designing chips that mimic the way the brain works and aims to serve companies using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms has raised $25 million.

Rain Neuromorphics CEO Gordon Wilson said that while most AI chips on the market today are digital, his company's technology is analogue which can decipher incremental information such as sound waves.

Rain's chip is designed by adding a circuit called a memristor on top of silicon wafers. Memristors, originally designed by HP Labs about a decade ago, serve as 'artificial synapses' that allow for the processing and memory to happen in the same place, making it possible to run AI algorithms much faster and more energy-efficiently than existing digital AI chips.

Wilson said his company started looking at the brain for clues to inform how we can build a new substrate of computation.

"By building neural circuits, we can achieve extraordinary efficiency and extraordinary scale simultaneously."

If Rain takes off it will be a kick in the nadgers for Nvidia which is starting to see competition from other startups including SambaNova Systems, Groq, and Cerebras Systems.

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3rd February 2022, 07:39	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,738	Rain Neuromorphics raises $25 million Chips dedicated to AI algorithms A startup designing chips that mimic the way the brain works and aims to serve companies using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms has raised $25 million. Rain Neuromorphics CEO Gordon Wilson said that while most AI chips on the market today are digital, his company's technology is analogue which can decipher incremental information such as sound waves. Rain's chip is designed by adding a circuit called a memristor on top of silicon wafers. Memristors, originally designed by HP Labs about a decade ago, serve as 'artificial synapses' that allow for the processing and memory to happen in the same place, making it possible to run AI algorithms much faster and more energy-efficiently than existing digital AI chips. Wilson said his company started looking at the brain for clues to inform how we can build a new substrate of computation. "By building neural circuits, we can achieve extraordinary efficiency and extraordinary scale simultaneously." If Rain takes off it will be a kick in the nadgers for Nvidia which is starting to see competition from other startups including SambaNova Systems, Groq, and Cerebras Systems. https://fudzilla.com/news/ai/54311-r...ses-25-million

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