XPU Grasshopper claims AI-co-designed chip, 816x faster in 13 weeks
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-08
A project called XPU Grasshopper claims to be an AI chip co-designed with AI for the era of recursive self-improvement, going from its first tokens to 816x faster in just 13 weeks. An FPGA devkit is available for pre-order. The claims come from the vendor itself, with no published architecture details yet.
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