Tensil

Tensil focused on automating the intricate process of machine learning hardware accelerator design. Their ambitious vision was to facilitate the integration of machine learning capabilities into a wide array of devices. The company developed a proprietary algorithm engineered to design optimal hardware accelerators tailored to specific machine learning models. This approach aimed to deliver a significant performance advantage, targeting a 10x improvement in performance per watt-dollar compared to conventional GPUs and other existing hardware acceleration solutions. Tensil's technology sought to empower customers to develop superior products leveraging custom-designed hardware at their core. However, the company is now inactive.