Startup Unveils Superconducting AI Chips Claiming Major Performance Leap Over GPUs and TPUs
• Startup Extropic emerges from stealth with new superconducting processors for AI that it claims will outperform GPUs, CPUs, and TPUs
• Extropic closed $14.1 million in seed funding and published a "Litepaper" detailing its thermodynamic computing hardware platform
• The processors use probabilistic computing paradigms more suited for AI than traditional digital processors
• Extropic has built a prototype chip with superconducting aluminum and Josephson Junctions that runs at low temperatures
• The company is also developing room temperature semiconductor devices to target a wider market