Meta to buy FuriosaAI, developer of AI processors (NPUs)

The deal could be completed as early as this month, one of the people said. Mark Zuckerberg’s company is one of several companies in talks to acquire Korea's FuriosaAI. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Furiosa_2015.jpg

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