Tachyum unveils 2nm “Prodigy Ultimate” processor to destroy Nvidia
Tachyum targets 6 GHz speeds with its 1,024 core “Universal processor”
Tachyum has officially revealed detailed specifications for its upcoming Prodigy Universal Processor. This new 2nm chip in its “Prodigy Ultimate” variant will allow Tachyum to provide “21.3x higher AI rack performance than Nvidia Rubin Ultra NVL576”. Their “Prodigy Premium” model should also provide “up to 25.8x higher AI rack performance than Vera Rubin 144”.
With up to 256 cores per chiplet and speeds of up to 6 GHz, Tachyum’s new Prodigy processors have incredible performance targets. This new chip is upgraded compared with Tachyum’s older 5nm 128-core design, which was previously upgraded to 192 cores. These chips never saw the light of day. However, Tachyum claims that it has “now secured” tape-out funding. This means that their first “Universal Processor” can now proceed to production.
It’s worth noting that while Tachyum’s specifications are promising, the company has not created real Prodigy silicon. We are yet to see how this new processor performs in reality. So far, Tachyum’s performance claims are based on simulations, not real-world data points from manufactured silicon.
Below are some of Tachyum’s 2nm Prodigy specifications
- Up to 256 cores per chiplet
- Up to 1024 64-bit cores per Prodigy processor
- Up to 8292 cores per 8-Socket or 16-Socket system
- Up to 1GB of L2+L3 cache
- 24-channel DDR5 support
- Up to 48TB of DDR5 memory support per socket
- 128 PCIe 7.0 Lanes
- DDR5-17600 memory support
- Up to 1600W TDP
Tachyum claims that their chips will be the first to deliver 1,000 PFLOPs in inferencing performance, greatly surpassing the 50 PFLOPs that Nvidia Rubin delivers. However, this level of performance has not been demonstrated with real hardware. It remains to be seen if Tachyun’s 2nm processors are anything more than hype.
Tachyum has laid out some big plans for its “Prodigy” processors, but is it all talk, or the start of something special?
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