According to recent reports, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman plans to raise between $5 trillion and $7 trillion in funding to build a network of semiconductor factories to produce enough chips for computer applications. Artificial Intelligence (AI).
On the other hand, NVIDIA CEO Huang Jinsun said that architectural innovation for artificial intelligence processors is more important than the number of processors produced, a theory that highlights the need to develop architectures to achieve single-chip capabilities that achieve amazing levels of performance that enable reliance on multiple chips to provide... The same level of performance as a single chip.
Jim Keller, a veteran engineer and legendary CPU developer who now works at Tenstorrent, a company that develops artificial intelligence and high-performance computing processors, has an interesting opinion about Sam Altman, saying, “I could use less than a trillion dollars.” dollars for that.
Chief Engineer Jim Keller is known for his work as a chip design engineer at AMD. He was instrumental in developing the famous AMD Athlon K7 processor. He developed AMD's K8 microarchitecture in 1998 and joined Apple in 1998 to develop the A4 and A5 SOC chips. In 2008, he was also responsible for leading the Zen Architecture team and restoring AMD's lost reputation after years of decline and decline when AMD reached a very critical stage and was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Altman's ambitious plan to raise billions of dollars to build enough AI processors for all the AI startups primarily involves increasing supply from semiconductor manufacturers; This leads to an increase in factory production while these processors are on the market and losing their value.
However, Keller and Kim Sun say that instead of making more AI chips, these processors should be designed more efficiently. In addition, the AI hardware supply chain must be streamlined to reduce the cost of AI servers.
Tenstorrent also has a clear and very ambitious roadmap that includes developing custom processors for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing applications. However, the demand for AI is growing rapidly, and only time will tell if Tenstorrent, along with other companies like NVIDIA and Sam Altman Plan, will be able to meet this huge demand expected in the near future.