Core Insights - Tachyum has announced its new 2nm Prodigy chip, which boasts 1024 cores, a clock frequency of 6GHz, and 1GB of combined cache, positioning it as a competitor to NVIDIA's Rubin Ultra chip [2][6] - The Prodigy 2 chip is claimed to exceed 1000 PFLOPs in inference performance, significantly outperforming NVIDIA's Rubin Ultra, which has a performance of 50 PFLOPs, making it 21 times faster [6][15] - The chip's architecture supports high-performance AI and computing applications, with enhancements in integer performance by up to 5 times, AI performance by up to 16 times, and DRAM bandwidth by 8 times [9][10] Specifications Overview - The Prodigy 2nm chip features a maximum of 1024 64-bit cores, a clock frequency of up to 6GHz, and supports DDR5 memory with speeds up to 17,600 MT/s [10][13] - It can accommodate up to 48TB of DDR5 memory per slot and includes 128 PCIe 7.0 lanes, with a thermal design power (TDP) of up to 1600W [10][13] - The chip integrates 128KB instruction cache, 64KB data cache, and 1GB of L2+L3 cache, with various configurations available ranging from 32 to 1024 cores [13][14] Performance Claims - Tachyum asserts that the Prodigy chip can deliver three times the performance of the best x86 processors and six times that of the highest-performing GPGPU [15][18] - The company emphasizes that its solution will significantly reduce capital and operational expenditures for data centers while providing unprecedented performance and efficiency [15][18] - The Prodigy series is designed for a wide range of applications, including large-scale AI, supercomputing, high-performance computing (HPC), and big data analytics [18][19] Development and Market Position - Tachyum has faced multiple delays in the development of the Prodigy chip, with initial plans for a 2019 release now pushed to 2025 for mass production [45][49] - The company has secured a $220 million investment to support the development of the Prodigy chip, along with a $500 million procurement order for the chip [49] - Tachyum aims to penetrate the market quickly with its competitive pricing and performance, offering a native software ecosystem that supports existing x86 binaries [18][19]