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Efficient Computer raises $97 million for energy-saving processor

Original: Every watt a robot spends thinking is a watt it cannot spend moving. Pittsburg-based Efficient Computer has announced $9

Pittsburgh-based chip startup Efficient Computer has announced more than $97 million in financing to scale a general-purpose processor designed to cut energy use across varied software. Observers frame the pitch around robotics and AI, arguing that energy spent on computation is energy unavailable for motion, and are questioning whether the promised savings will hold up across real customer workloads.

Why now: The new funding round and rising energy demands of AI and robotics have put efficient processor design in the spotlight.

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• Every watt a robot spends thinking is a watt it cannot spend moving. Pittsburg-based Efficient Computer has announced $97m+ in financing to scale a general-purpose processor designed to cut energy use across varied software. Will those savings hold up across customer workloads?… · MoveTheNeedle@masto.nu · 4

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