End-to-end ASIC partnership to accelerate global supercomputing market with open-standard, energy-efficient silicon.
Aion Silicon announced it has secured a $12 million engagement to provide comprehensive design services for a confidential customer developing next-generation RISC-V–based accelerators for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI).
The multi-year program leverages Aion Silicon’s two decades of SoC expertise to help the customer introduce disruptive, energy-efficient processors that target the most compute-intensive workloads in data centers and scientific research worldwide.
Under the agreement, Aion Silicon will deliver the full spectrum of design work—from RTL architecture and verification through Design for Test, physical implementation, and tape-out—on a bleeding edge node RISC-V platform.
Engagement Details
- End-to-end expertise — Complete RTL architecture, verification, Design for Test, physical implementation, and tape-out on a bleeding edge node RISC-V platform
- On-site collaboration — A dedicated team of Aion Silicon engineers willwork alongside the customer’s team to accelerate knowledge transfer and project velocity
- Standards-based innovation — Open instruction-set architecture and vector extensions eliminate proprietary lock-in and speed customization for AI and HPC workloads
- Market impact — Accelerators are expected to deliver industry-leading efficiency, challenging the dominance of legacy architectures in data-center and scientific computing
Engineering work is under way, with additional hires planned through 2025 as the design moves toward tape-out and initial silicon.
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