Song Yee Jiun, Vice President of Engineering at Meta, recently confirmed that the company plans to acquire Rivos, a high-performance RISC-V chip company, to accelerate its vision for scalable computing. Song Yee Jiun stated that Rivos has deep technical expertise and extensive experience in designing and developing full-stack AI systems. He expressed great anticipation for the collaboration between Meta and the Rivos team, believing it will help promote the development of AI intelligence.
Rivos is based in Santa Clara, California, and has the support of Intel CEO Patrick Pichette, who is also a member of Rivos' board of directors. According to a report by Reuters, Rivos' valuation in its recent funding round was approximately $2 billion, equivalent to about 14.251 billion yuan. Additionally, Meta has been one of Rivos' largest customers, indicating a close relationship between the two companies.
This acquisition will bring significant improvements to Meta's AI chip technology stack. The RISC-V architecture, as an open-source instruction set architecture, offers high flexibility and scalability, and is widely used in various smart devices and systems. With the continuous development of AI technology, enterprises' demands for hardware are also increasing. Acquiring Rivos will enable Meta to better meet market demands and drive innovation and development in the AI field.
In this context, Meta is not only committed to enhancing its own technological capabilities but also bringing more development opportunities to the entire AI industry. The addition of Rivos will further strengthen Meta's competitiveness in the AI computing field, helping the company secure a more advantageous position in the future tech race.
Key Points:
🌟 Meta plans to acquire Rivos, a RISC-V company, to enhance AI chip technology.
🚀 Rivos has rich experience in full-stack AI system design and is expected to accelerate Meta's development.
💰 Rivos' recent funding valuation was approximately $2 billion, and Meta is one of its largest customers.
