Welcome to yet another episode of the AI Business podcast in which we discuss the chip shortage and new AI hardware with special guest Rodrigo Liang, co-founder and CEO of silicon design startup SambaNova.
We start by talking about the ongoing chip supply crisis which has sent server component prices skyrocketing, and saw American auto-makers having to idle plants as tech-heavy cars have been stuck on production lines.
Scaling chip production is an extremely capital-intensive process and the trade war between the US and China is certainly not making silicon vendors any favors.
SambaNova itself recently emerged from stealth with a new chip designed specifically for AI, called Cardinal, and a brand new server architecture called DataFlow. The company was lucky enough to purchase its materials in advance, so its wares are available for testing.
