Inspire Semiconductor

Inspire Semiconductor, headquartered in Austin, Texas, specializes in developing and delivering advanced solutions for high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), graph analytics, blockchain, and other compute-intensive applications. The company is currently focused on creating the next generation accelerator solution, featuring a versatile sea-of-cores processor architecture supported by an established software ecosystem. Their flagship product, the Thunderbird ‘supercomputer cluster-on-a-chip,’ integrates thousands of modern, efficient, and powerful 64-bit CPU cores to deliver exceptional performance and energy efficiency. Thunderbird leverages the open standard RISC-V CPU instruction set architecture (ISA), providing access to a thriving ecosystem of software, libraries, and development tools. The all-CPU programming model is developer-friendly, eliminating vendor lock-in and simplifying software development, quality assurance, and maintenance. The architecture includes a highly optimized, high-speed mesh network fabric that ensures extreme bandwidth and low latency communications between cores. Arrays of up to 256 Thunderbird chips can connect seamlessly via high-speed serial transceivers, offering raw performance of 24 TFLOPS (FP64) and energy efficiency of 50 GFLOPS/Watt (FP64). Thunderbird supports large amounts of onboard LPDDR memory, NVMe storage, PCIe, and Gb ethernet, with dedicated acceleration for several cryptography algorithms and ample high-speed SRAM memory tightly integrated with processor cores. The deterministic and predictable performance of Thunderbird addresses applications that GPUs cannot, including real-time and real-safe computing. Inspire Semiconductor operates on a fabless model, outsourcing manufacturing to partners such as TSMC and ASE. The company collaborates with industry-leading hardware and software companies, including Lenovo, Penguin Computing, and 2CRSi, to develop and deliver top-tier HPC, AI, and blockchain solutions. Inspire Semiconductor actively participates in various industry events and conferences, such as ITF World, EAGE Annual Conference & Exposition, and The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis. The company offers competitive salary packages, stock options, paid health benefits, a 401(k) plan, and a fun work environment. Inspire Semiconductor is committed to providing access to information for all individuals seeking it from their website.