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Company profile

Fractile

London company designing in-memory compute accelerator chips for large language model inference, with chip design teams in London and Bristol.

Company overview

Fractile is a London-headquartered semiconductor company developing processors specifically designed for large language model (LLM) inference. The company is taking a full-stack approach, with its work spanning from transistor-level circuit design to cloud inference server logic. Its core technology involves physically interleaving memory and compute within its processors, aiming to deliver both low latency and high throughput simultaneously. This is intended to accelerate the performance of advanced AI models and enable new workloads, such as complex autonomous tasks. Fractile has design teams in its London headquarters and in Bristol. The company is venture-backed, having announced a significant funding round from investors including Accel and Founders Fund.

Semiconductor activity

Primary capability: Processor / Accelerator Design. Supply-chain role: Chip Design.

Technologies and capabilities

  • AI Accelerators
  • Silicon
  • In-Memory Compute
  • Processors
  • Full-Stack AI

AI Processors; Compiler Software; Device Software; Cloud Inference Logic

Markets served

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cloud Computing

UK presence

London. Other UK sites: Bristol. Part of the London cluster.

Funding and transactions

The company has raised $220 million in a funding round from investors including Factorial Funds, Accel, and Founders Fund.

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