Kalray announces the commercial availability of its latest product, the TURBOCARD4 (TC4) accelerator board.

Featuring four latest-generation DPU processors, the TC4 targets the markets for intelligent vision and data indexing applications, which are growing rapidly due to the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Kalray points out that its 'TC4' is manufactured in France, in the French plant of Asteelflash, one of the world's leading manufacturers.

Kalay adds that it has already received an initial order of over $1 million for 'several hundred cards'.




THE TC4 TARGETS THE STRONGLY GROWING MARKET FOR COMPUTER ACCELERATION CARDS

As enterprises and data centers have to process ever-increasing amounts of data, compute acceleration cards are gaining in popularity in order to offer the best performance and energy efficiency in data processing.

' The availability of our new TC4 accelerator card represents a major milestone for Kalray. It's another step towards enabling the widest possible adoption of our technology. The TC4 has already been selected by one of our major customers, and we anticipate a rapid commercial take-off due to the ever-increasing demand for data processing acceleration solutions", says Eric Baissus, Chairman of Kalray's Management Board. We are also very proud to announce that the TC4 is our first 'Made In France' product. Production has begun at the AsteelFlash factory in Langon. '



A CARD DESIGNED TO COMBINE AI AND CLASSIC ALGORITHMS

The TC4 embodies Kalray's vision for meeting the complex demands of modern data processing workloads. Embodying 4 of Kalray's latest DPUs, CoolidgeTM2, in a single PCIe card, the TC4 is designed to ensure that customers can merge conventional and AI-based processing technologies, a key issue in building the most demanding AI applications. DPUs offer a highly complementary architecture to GPUs, enabling a large number of different operations to be processed asynchronously in parallel. DPUs are well suited for pre-processing data that is then used by GPUs, or in complex intelligent systems running many different algorithms in parallel.



TWO FAST-GROWING TARGETED MARKETS : INTELLIGENT VISION...

TC4 targets two fast-growing markets. The first is the Intelligent Vision market. Intelligent vision applications play a central role in key sectors such as Industry, Health Sciences or 'Smart Cities', due to their ability to analyze visual data in real time, make intelligent decisions and automate complex processes. The size of the smart vision market has been estimated at $20.31 billion in 2023, and is expected to reach $175.72 billion by 2032, posting a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 27.3% (Fortune Business Insights). These projections underline the growing demand for intelligent vision technologies in various industries, driven by advances in AI, and machine learning, as well as their application in automation, quality control and improving operational efficiency in general.



...AND DATA INDEXING FOR THE GENERATIVE AI MARKET

In the context of generative Artificial Intelligence, data indexing is crucial. Generative AI models, such as those used in natural language processing or image generation, often need to access huge datasets. Efficient indexing minimizes the time needed to retrieve relevant data, making learning and inference processes faster. What's more, as generative AI models become more complex, the datasets they train on increase exponentially. Data indexing enables these models to scale more efficiently by ensuring that increasing data volumes do not linearly increase access times. Finally, data indexing also improves the accuracy of model outputs, as it helps to quickly identify the most relevant data to insert into the model context. This ensures that model outputs are as accurate and contextually appropriate as possible. Kalray anticipates a strong demand for computing power for data indexing, and positions the TC4 as the ideal solution for these tasks.



RELOCATED PRODUCTION AT ASTEELFLASH'S FRENCH PLANT

Kalray's commitment to quality and its desire to relocate production to Europe led it to join forces with Asteelflash for the production of its new TC4 board. Asteelflash is one of the world's leading electronic manufacturing services (EMS) companies, specializing in complex, high-tech manufacturing solutions in a variety of sectors. Asteelflash has several factories in Europe, notably in Germany and France. The TC4 card is produced at the Langon plant in France. This partnership was supported by the French government as part of the CARAIBE project. Production volume is expected to increase from a few hundred units per month today to several thousand units per month from 2025 onwards.

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