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Hardware Startups Are Betting on Edge Computing Chips
Why a wave of hardware startups is ditching cloud dependency and building dedicated chips for on-device AI processing. This episode focuses on Syntiant, a startup that raised $100 million to make ultra-low-power neural decision processors for edge devices. Lucas and Luna explore how edge computing changes the unit economics of connected hardware, from reducing cloud bandwidth costs to enabling real-time inference without a data center. They look at the specific trade-offs: choosing between general-purpose MCUs and custom ASICs, the challenge of software tooling, and why battery-powered…
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