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Hot Chips 2026: five bets on serving agents cheaply
Intel, IBM, Meta and SiFive each showed a different answer to serving model calls cheaply. Two are already in production, one is a 2027 Xeon.
Intel, IBM, Meta and SiFive each showed a different answer to serving model calls cheaply. Two are already in production, one is a 2027 Xeon.

On May 21 NIST disclosed nine letters of intent worth $2.013B for IBM, GlobalFoundries, and seven quantum labs. Each comes with a minority federal stake.