Yacine wonders when AI-designed chips will be taped out directly for businesses and consumers
yacineMTB · x · 2026-09-07
Yacine MTB poses a forward-looking question: when will people start taping out small "jalapeno-type" chips directly to businesses and then consumers — i.e., when AI chip design moves from software capability to actual commercial fabrication. It extends his earlier claim that open-weight models will handle PCB-level work within a year; still an open speculation rather than a confirmed development.
Related event: Yacine predicts open models will handle PCB design within a year(2 posts)→
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