The company presented its prototype in mid-June at the Globsec conference in Bratislava. According to Danilák, it is unique in that it has much lower energy consumption and higher speed than the competition. The price corresponds to this – the most powerful version costs thousands of dollars.
“Now is the time when the cards are dealt again,” Danilák says in an interview with Deník N. It’s like when the iPhone came at the time of Nokia phones. Nobody knew what it would bring. The Internet of Things is on the verge of a similar boom. “
The main driver of demand for chips in the future will be artificial intelligence. The vast majority of the most sophisticated are produced by the Taiwanese company TSMC, and even Tachyum has them manufactured in Asia. Building your own factory with the latest, so-called three-nanometer technology would require an investment of twenty billion dollars.
Danilák claims that within a few years, Tachyum should become a company with a turnover of billions. Prodigy chips should reduce data center power consumption by a tenth, predicts a businessman who has successfully established and sold several companies in the past, including the well-known SandForce, which manufactured flash drive controllers.
In the interview you will learn:
- How did the problem with the lack of chips arise?
- Why are the chips used in artificial intelligence different?
- Whether Moore’s Law still applies
- Why does the speed of chips decrease as they shrink?
- Why is there a risk of slowing down digitization without new chips?
Lack of chips threatens industry, carmakers stop production. Are chips the oil of the 21st century?
Although the chips cost several euros, it blocks significantly more value than, for example, cars. First, let’s talk about how we got there. When covid-19 started, many companies left people working from home, employees needed laptops, better internet, and this caused a sharp increase in demand. Today, the companies have provided them with what they needed, so the first phase is over.
The second phase was due to the fact that no one knew how long the pandemic would last, so some companies cut orders. In the chip business, it is ordered quarterly, and it takes four to six months for them to reach you. This was the second trend, less dominant today.
Then there is the third factor that still persists: many countries in the global supply chain require a two-week quarantine, plus several stops. The chip’s journey to the client, which previously took four to eight weeks, suddenly takes twenty or twenty-four weeks. The amount of jammed material caused its lack. In the future, when the supply chain becomes loose, there will be a surplus. We expect a balanced position and then a surplus by the end of the year.
We already know that cars cannot be made without chips. However, digitization also applies to things such as microwave ovens or toasters that have a camera. Chips have penetrated all areas of our lives and dependence on them will increase. I wouldn’t call it oil, because it has a negative connotation, but life force, sap.
Will artificial intelligence be the main driver of demand for chips?
Yes, after all, who would want to control a TV with a remote control when they get it
