Efficient Computer emerged from stealth mode this week, revealing their “Fabric” chip design.
If true, those would be mind-blowing improvements.
So what’s their secret sauce?
General-purpose CPUs are incredibly complex, carrying around tons of legacy cruft to maintain backwards compatibility.
The innovative design stems from over seven years of research at Carnegie Mellon University.
It exploits spatial parallelism by executing different instructions simultaneously across the physical layout of the chip.
An efficient on-chip internet links these parallel computing elements.
The startup indicates that Fabric’s compiler was “designed alongside the hardware from day one.”
Nevertheless, this need for software recompilation could limit mainstream adoption.
Recompiling every software is challenging for more conventional consumer devices.
Under the hood, Fabric presents a unique approach toparallel computing.
Efficient Computer reports having already inked deals with unnamed partners and are targeting production silicon shipping in early 2025.
