ASIC

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Frank Chen · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019
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Frank Chen: Taping out a custom silicon ASIC costs $50 million
“It's fifty million dollars to tape out.”
Frank Chen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:50 a16z Podcast | When Humanity Meets A.I.
Aug 28, 2026 bullish
Insight
Casado: Multibillion-dollar AI training costs justify building per-model custom ASICs
“Today to build a frontier model costs, let's say, three to five billion dollars, right? So, and let's, you know, and that's to train it. And so the inference has to pay back at least that. Of course, right? You know, in order for any of this stuff to be viable…”
Martin Casado Aug 28, 2026 ▶ 26:48 Why Top Founders Are Racing Into AI Infrastructure
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