Stealth Startup Kepler Emerges After 7 Years to Build AI Memory Beyond HBM, Eyes $245M US Support
npinto · x · 2026-09-11
Kepler, in stealth for 7 years, unveiled itself: a chip startup founded by ex-Intel FEINMAN center creator Sasi Manipatruni and memory/logic veterans, building a new AI memory class beyond HBM and SRAM — bandwidth-per-watt approaching SRAM with capacity beyond both, targeting high-throughput inference. Key facts: up to $245M in proposed US government support, a no-EUV path to leading-edge chips via 3D stacking and new materials, fabs already running with SRAM printing and HBM powered on, sampling by end-2026, production in 2027, and 2028-30 capacity reservations open. Covered in WIRED.
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