Tilera launches new generation of multicore embedded chips for communications
It isn’t easy to establish a custom chip architecture these days. But Tilera has managed to do that in the past year and now it is moving on to its second generation of products.
Today, San Jose, Calif.-based Tilera is launching two models of its new TilePro family of chips for telecom and networking infrastructure where energy-efficient performance is paramount. The chips are based on the custom Tile architecture that Tilera debuted a year ago.
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Tilera, with new 64-core chip for networking, has $40M in backing
The Silicon Valley start-up Tilera has unveiled a powerful chip with 64 cores, or electronic brains that is getting widespread coverage today.
The Santa Clara, Calif. company’s product emerges after a decade of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and improves performance by making use of a new way to connect its cores with a computer’s memory and improve the flow of data: It uses a mesh, or grid, of interconnected wires to line the… Continue Reading
Tilera, secretive ASIC fabless semiconductor co., raises $20M
Tilera, Santa Clara, Calif. ASIC fabless semiconductor startup, has raised around $20 million in a second round of funding, according to PE Week.
Columbia Capital led the deal, and was joined by return backers Bessemer Venture Partners and Walden International, PE Week said. The company is run by Bessemer operating partner Devesh Garg.
This follows after the company reportedly raised a first round less than a month ago. We’re not sure if we’ve gotten the rounds mixed… Continue Reading
Tilera, stealth Sequoia-backed processor design co., raises first round
Santa Clara-based Tilera, a stealth startup in the processor and ASIC software design space, has closed a first round of funding, silicontap.com reports. Walden International lists the firm as a portfolio company, and the company’s board includes Lip-Bu Tan of Walden and former Sequoia partner Bob Cohn.
It’s also looking for a marketing director.
Nothing else is known about this company.
(First posted 1/18)