Silicon Intelligence

Architecture becomes infrastructure.

Major AI compute portfolios analyzed through workload fit, memory, interconnect, software and deployment economics.

NVIDIA

GPU to AI factory

Accelerators, Grace, NVLink, networking and full rack-scale system strategy.

AMD

Open heterogeneous compute

Instinct, EPYC, Infinity Fabric, ROCm and hyperscaler qualification dynamics.

Intel

CPU, accelerator and fabric portfolio

Xeon, Gaudi, Ethernet and the challenge of integrated platform execution.

Google

TPU family

Generational architecture, matrix engines, memory systems, fabrics and XLA integration.

Meta

MTIA family

Inference-first silicon, production workload co-design, memory hierarchy and system integration.

Microsoft

Maia and Brainwave

Cloud accelerator evolution, workload partitioning and Azure fleet integration.

AWS

Trainium and Inferentia

Purpose-built training and inference economics inside a managed cloud stack.

d-Matrix

Digital in-memory compute

Memory-centric inference architecture, low-latency serving and compiler co-design.

Groq

Deterministic execution

Compiler-scheduled compute, predictable latency and the tradeoffs of architectural specialization.

Cerebras

Wafer-scale systems

Scale-up through extreme integration, memory locality and system-level programming.

Tenstorrent

RISC-V and scalable AI compute

Chiplet-oriented compute, open software ambition and licensing strategy.

Broadcom & Marvell

Custom XPU enablers

ASIC design, SerDes, networking, optical DSP and hyperscaler co-development.

Architecture visualizer

Inside a modern AI accelerator.

Compute throughput is only one element of application performance.

Compute fabric

Matrix, vector, scalar and local SRAM.

HBM system

Bandwidth, capacity and energy.

Scale-upChip links
Scale-outCluster fabric
HostPCIe / CXL

Interconnect

Cluster fabricEthernet / InfiniBand
Scale-up domainHigh bandwidth links
Compute traysGPU + CPU + NIC
Power and thermalBusbar + CDU
ApplicationModel / agent
ServingBatching / KV cache
CompilerGraph / kernels
FirmwareScheduling / telemetry
Decision framework

Do not compare chips by peak FLOPS.

Workload stability

Custom silicon wins when models, operators and deployment volumes are sufficiently predictable.

Memory behavior

HBM capacity, bandwidth, locality and KV-cache pressure often dominate real inference outcomes.

Software friction

Compiler maturity, kernel coverage, observability and operational tooling determine usable performance.

System scale

Interconnect, host design, power delivery and cooling shape the value of the accelerator.

Fleet utilization

Scheduling, fragmentation, workload mix and failover decide whether theoretical efficiency becomes economic value.

Lifecycle risk

Roadmap cadence, portability, depreciation and supply concentration matter beyond first deployment.