TechTechPotato | [29] Ian Interviews: David Bennett, COO Tenstorrent @TechTechPotato | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
One of the most important things for any tech startup creating silicon is developers. Getting as many developers on board as possible. Today I spoke with David Bennett, CCO of Tenstorrent, to talk about their go-to-market strategy and what it means for the casual developer on the street.
[00:00] Intro
[01:40] Galaxy: The DGX Competitor
[02:50] What's the lead product? IP or ML or RISC-V?
[06:25] How are 'strategic investors' involved?
[08:05] Is there a market for AI IP?
[09:40] Is there a product design feedback loop?
[12:25] What major verticals are interested?
[14:09] Does the name JIM KELLER open doors?
[15:30] Customer influence on the roadmap?
[17:25] Why are most announced customers today in Asia?
[18:55] What new business has been unexpected?
[20:10] Balancing IP vs selling own hardware?
[22:00] When can we buy Tenstorrent hardware on Amazon?
[23:40] What's the open source strategy?
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One of the most important things for any tech startup creating silicon is developers. Getting as many developers on board as possible. Today I spoke with David Bennett, CCO of Tenstorrent, to talk about their go-to-market strategy and what it means for the casual developer on the street.
[00:00] Intro
[01:40] Galaxy: The DGX Competitor
[02:50] What's the lead product? IP or ML or RISC-V?
[06:25] How are 'strategic investors' involved?
[08:05] Is there a market for AI IP?
[09:40] Is there a product design feedback loop?
[12:25] What major verticals are interested?
[14:09] Does the name JIM KELLER open doors?
[15:30] Customer influence on the roadmap?
[17:25] Why are most announced customers today in Asia?
[18:55] What new business has been unexpected?
[20:10] Balancing IP vs selling own hardware?
[22:00] When can we buy Tenstorrent hardware on Amazon?
[23:40] What's the open source strategy?
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Welcome to the TechTechPotato (c) Dr. Ian Cutress
Ramblings about things related to Technology from an analyst for More Than Moore
#techtechpotato #tenstorrent #aidevelopment
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![[29] Ian Interviews: David Bennett, COO Tenstorrent](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eUqanjudcGQ/hqdefault.jpg "[29] Ian Interviews: David Bennett, COO Tenstorrent
One of the most important things for any tech startup creating silicon is developers. Getting as many developers on board as possible. Today I spoke with David Bennett, CCO of Tenstorrent, to talk about their go-to-market strategy and what it means for the casual developer on the street.
[00:00] Intro
[01:40] Galaxy: The DGX Competitor
[02:50] Whats the lead product? IP or ML or RISC-V?
[06:25] How are strategic investors involved?
[08:05] Is there a market for AI IP?
[09:40] Is there a product design feedback loop?
[12:25] What major verticals are interested?
[14:09] Does the name JIM KELLER open doors?
[15:30] Customer influence on the roadmap?
[17:25] Why are most announced customers today in Asia?
[18:55] What new business has been unexpected?
[20:10] Balancing IP vs selling own hardware?
[22:00] When can we buy Tenstorrent hardware on Amazon?
[23:40] Whats the open source strategy?
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Welcome to the TechTechPotato (c) Dr. Ian Cutress
Ramblings about things related to Technology from an analyst for More Than Moore
#techtechpotato #tenstorrent #aidevelopment
More Than Moore, as with other research and analyst firms, provides or has provided paid research, analysis, advising, or consulting to many high-tech companies in the industry, which may include advertising on TTP. The companies that fall under this banner include AMD, Armari, Facebook, IBM, Infineon, Intel, Lattice Semi, Linode, MediaTek, NordPass, ProteanTecs, Qualcomm, SiFive, Tenstorrent, TSMC.")
![[24] Jim Keller Interview 2: AI Hardware on PCIe Cards](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fOUB73dZXEo/hqdefault.jpg "[24] Jim Keller Interview 2: AI Hardware on PCIe Cards
Written version: https://morethanmoore.substack.com/p/interview-with-jim-keller-tenstorrent?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=auto_share
Updated Audio! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOiXomG9FhE&feature=youtu.be
Well, its official. I finally got to meet the guy in person. Jim now leads an startup called Tenstorrent, designing ML hardware and software, with a lot of clever people in the team. In this interview, we discuss RISC-V, Chiplets, IP, Expertise, and if theyll sell PCIe cards.
[00:00] Spicy talk
[00:33] Q1: Moving from CTO to CEO
[01:48] Q2: Tenstorrent and Software
[05:30] Q3: Incoming Hiring Mentality
[07:29] Q4: Why have cores, why RISC-V?
[09:28] Q5: Chiplets?
[11:37] Q6: Is Tenstorrent an AI company or an IP company?
[14:56] Q7: Differentiation and Expertise
[16:48] Q8: Use Tenstorrent To Make Tenstorrent
[19:50] Q9: AI on EDA: Unintelligible Outputs
[21:25] Q10: Auditable Hardware
[22:47] Q11: New Clean Sheet Designs
[24:25] Q12: Comfortable!
[24:58] Q13: One Core = One Chip = One System
[27:00] LOLs
[29:00] Q14: Customer System Sizes
[30:30] Q15: Selling PCIe Cards? Yes!
[33:17] Q16: Customer Announcements?
Big Ball of Mud Paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2938621_Big_Ball_of_Mud
Even though Tenstorrent is a client of my analyst business, this interview was not sponsored content.
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![[21] Emma Haruka Iwao, Google Cloud breaks π](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iUjfRBfSN-o/hqdefault.jpg "[21] Emma Haruka Iwao, Google Cloud breaks π
Ive spoken a lot about Pi, and world records on how to calculate it, but Emma has done it again with a new WR: 100 trillion digits! In this interview, we go through why this record is interesting (to us) from the hardware perspective.
You can follow Emma on Twitter: www.twitter.com/yuryu
Read Googles Blog Post here: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/calculating-100-trillion-digits-of-pi-on-google-cloud
Watch Matt Parkers video on Pi^Pi^Pi^Pi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdHFLfv-ThQ
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