- Aheadcomputing has raised $ 21.5 million. In order to develop a 64-bit RISC-V-microprocessor
- Led by ex-intel engineers seeing it RISC-V disturbing X86 and Armies
- The company is planning fast growth focusing on license, AI, Sky and Mobile
A start-up created in 2024 by former Intel engineers is aiming for RISC-V to become the dominant computer architecture in the future.
Portland, Oregon based ahead computing has raised $ 21.5 million in seed financing led by Eclipse, with the participation of Jim Keller. The veteran dip designer is Mastermind behind the Amds Zen Architecture and Tesla’s original self-driving chip, and is currently CEO of Tenstorrent, one of our 10 hottest AI-Hardware companies to be followed by 2025.
Ahead computing believes that “everyone deserves a better computer” and that the shift away from proprietary architectures is inevitable. It plans to develop 64-bit RISC-V microprocessor architecture and “push the boundaries of what is possible in computing”.
To take a leaf from the arm’s playbook
CEO Debbie Marr, who previously served as Intel Fellow and Chief Architect for the Advanced Architecture Development Group, co -founded the company with senior engineers Jonathan Pearce, Srikanth Srinivasan and Mark Dechene.
She says “The current computer ecosystem is in disarray; The industry is undergoing a major transformation, driven by new market leaders and disruptive technologies. As the founders of ahead computing, we see chaos as an opportunity and believe that our team has unique expertise to help create a new and improved ecosystem for the future. “
While the X86 and Arm have dominated computing for decades, Aheadcomputing RISC-V’s open architecture, flexibility and cost benefits will eventually make it the preferred choice. It can be a healthy effort if rumors that arm are seeking to produce its own chips is happening. Aheadcomputing plans to work under an IP license model, similar to arm’s approach.
While the industry is investing heavily in data-parallel AI accelerators, Marr claims Performance PR-Core remains an overlooked, yet crucial part of computing. “The opportunity exists today to improve performance per-core, which we consider the cornerstone of the multi-processor system efficiency,” she said.
The company has grown from its four founders to a team of 40 and is expanding quickly. Seed financing will be used to hire additional engineers and develop core IP. Start -up is looking for strategic partners to speed up its push in cloud computing, AI and mobile markets.
