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Nvidia Licenses Groq’s Low-Latency Chip Design as Groq CEO Jonathan Ross Joins

Groq says it will remain independent with its data-center service continuing under a new chief executive.

Overview

  • Nvidia obtained rights to use Groq’s technology and plans to integrate the startup’s chip design into future products.
  • Jonathan Ross and several senior Groq executives will move to Nvidia to help implement the licensed technology.
  • Groq says it will appoint a new CEO and continue operating its outsourced compute data-center business as an independent company.
  • The companies did not disclose financial terms, though CNBC has reported an unconfirmed figure of about $20 billion.
  • Nvidia says Groq’s low-latency architecture delivers very fast input response that will add new capabilities and bolster its inference-compute strategy.