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Back台積電曾押注「0產品、0營收」新創,Cerebras執行長揭露9年前合作往事
台積電曾押注「0產品、0營收」新創,Cerebras執行長揭露9年前合作往事
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台積電曾押注「0產品、0營收」新創,Cerebras執行長揭露9年前合作往事

Cerebras執行長費德曼回憶2017年台積電批准巨型晶片計畫,並指出台積電持續勝出的兩大關鍵。

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美國AI晶片公司Cerebras執行長費德曼揭露,2017年台積電在Cerebras僅有30人且無產品營收時,仍批准其巨型晶片計畫。費德曼認為台積電對新想法開放且不分規模合作的態度,是其持續領先的關鍵。

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2017年,當時僅有30人的Cerebras帶著巨型晶片構想尋求台積電協助製造,該構想在當時被視為高風險且前人屢次失敗的技術。

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台積電竟曾押注一家「0產品、0營收」的新創公司!美國AI晶片公司Cerebras共同創辦人暨執行長費德曼(Andrew Feldman)親自在社群平台X揭露一段9年前的合作往事。2017年,Cerebras只有30人,帶著一個過去屢遭失敗的巨型晶片構想飛到台北尋求合作。他直言,台積電當時有「1000個理由說不」,沒想到卻在會議上直接批准計畫,而這項決定也讓他看見台積電能夠「一直贏」的2大關鍵。

費德曼表示,矽谷經常談論「長期合作夥伴」,但很少有比台積電更好的例子。

時間回到2017年,費德曼與團隊飛往台北,希望台積電願意「在我們身上押一把」。然而,當時的Cerebras只有30名員工,產品尚未問世,也沒有任何營收,整家公司甚至比台積電餐廳的服務團隊還小。

更驚人的是,Cerebras想請台積電製造的並不是一般晶片。費德曼形容,台積電的晶圓廠就像「我們這個世代的金字塔」,每座投資高達400億至500億美元,整套製造流程原本都是圍繞著郵票大小的晶片打造,但Cerebras提出的構想,卻是一顆比過去任何晶片大55倍的巨型晶片。

這項構想也不是一條已有成功經驗可循的道路。費德曼指出,過去70年的電腦發展史上曾有人嘗試,卻每一次都以失敗告終。

一家只有30人、0產品、0營收的新創公司,要求全球頂尖晶片製造商陪著挑戰一項前人屢次失敗的技術,費德曼直言:「台積電有1000個理由說不。」

當時台積電已是產業巨頭,且在製造完全不同類型的晶片上做到世界頂尖。費德曼甚至反問:「為什麼要冒這個險?」

但台積電最後的決定完全相反。費德曼透露,台積電就在那場會議上批准了這項計畫,此後一路成為Cerebras的重要合作夥伴。

時隔9年回頭看,費德曼認為,當年這個決定正好說明台積電為何能持續勝出。他點出2大關鍵,第一是「對新想法保持開放」;第二是「不論公司的規模大小,都願意合作」。

如今,當年那家0產品、0營收的30人新創,已持續投入AI晶片市場。根據近期公開資料,Cerebras今年推出新一代AI伺服器硬體CS-4,搭載晶圓級巨型晶片,並持續採用台積電5奈米製程,預計今年第3季上市。

路透指出,Cerebras生產與輝達競爭的AI硬體與晶片,主攻AI領域中的「推論」運算,也就是讓諸如Anthropic的Claude等聊天機器人產生回應的過程。

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  • Cerebras未來與台積電的合作規模是否會擴大?

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