'From a toaster to a server': UK startup promises 5x 'speed up without changing a line of code' as it plans to take on Nvidia, AMD in the generative AI battlefield
Bristol-based startup VyperCore is on a mission to reimagine how processors are designed, as the British firm is developing a 5nm chip and card aimed at accelerating server-class applications without requiring any changes to existing software code.
By shifting the complexity of memory allocation management from software to hardware, up to 80% of the processor cycles typically required for handling memory allocation functions can be eliminated, the company claims. This approach ensures full memory safety at the gate level within the processor, while also improving cache utilization, reducing event processing latency, and lowering overall memory heap demands.
VyperCore’s memory management architecture accelerates C and C++ by two times and Python by five times without modifying the original code, making it especially valuable for handling non-optimized code generated by AI.
VyperCore's co-founder, CEO, and chair, Russell Haggar, told eeNews Europe, “We are a processor company, and we are promising a 5x speed-up without changing a line of code, with memory safety in hardware. This can be inside every CPU from a toaster to a server.”
