Stealth 7-year startup Kepler debuts AI memory beyond HBM, secures up to $245M in US government support
npinto · x · 2026-09-10
Kepler, founded by veteran chip engineers and stealthy for 7 years, just unveiled its plan for "AI's new memory": inference-optimized memory targeting SRAM-level bandwidth-per-watt with capacity beyond SRAM and HBM, via 3D stacking and novel materials — claiming leading-edge chips are possible without EUV.
Key facts:
- Selected for up to $245M in proposed U.S. Department of Commerce support
- Sampling by end of 2026, production ramping in 2027, planning 2028–30 capacity
- Team credits include 3D logic stacking, seven generations of DRAM, first-to-market 232-layer NAND
- Thesis: orders of magnitude more chips per dollar and datacenter energy pushed to physical limits
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