Tendrils 融资 3000 万美元重构通用 CPU
Tendrils 宣布完成由 Benchmark 领投的 3000 万美元融资，目标是摆脱 1970 年代以来的顺序执行与向后兼容包袱，从零设计面向数千核心并行的通用处理器。公司同时推进开源语言 Vine，以并行优先架构替代共享可变内存与线性指令序列的旧范式。
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As of today, Tendrils has completed a $30M round led by Benchmark to rebuild general-purpose computing.
Contemporary CPUs are made under the constraint of backwards compatibility with sequential, single-core chips. Accumulated layers of historical designs are locking engineers into decisions dating back to the 1970s. As a result, all existing CPUs are bottlenecked by complex cache coherency protocols and elaborate reorder buffers. CPU scaling is sabotaged from the start. At Tendrils, we believe that the future of general-purpose computing lies beyond legacy architectures for legacy software.
Tendrils is answering the question: what if we redo the CPU? Instead of starting from a sequential design, we’re building our processor to have thousands of cores operating in parallel. This requires moving beyond the notion of shared mutable memory and linear instruction sequences. To make this possible, we’re working in tandem on the open-source language Vine, which has been designed from the beginning to target a new wave of parallel-first architectures.
We’re delighted to announce that Tendrils has raised $30 million to support this vision. This round is led by Benchmark, with significant participation from Visionaries Club, the UK Sovereign AI Fund, FR8, Antimatter, Cloudberry VC, Conviction, Embassy Ventures, and SV Angels. We are grateful for additional support provided by all of our angel investors. Additionally, we wish to extend a warm welcome to our newest board member, Jack Altman.
With thanks to all who have supported us, The Tendrils Team
At Tendrils, we insist that the chips of the future will be a result of close collaboration between hardware and software engineers. If this strikes you, consider joining us.