NVIDIA Acquires Groq LPU: Inference Architecture Shift from HBM to On-Chip SRAM
NVIDIA signs ~$20B licensing deal with Groq for LPU tech, featuring 230MB on-chip SRAM at 80TB/s bandwidth. This targets Transformer inference decode, replacing HBM bottlenecks with ultra-low latency on-chip storage, potentially reshaping the AI inference chip landscape.