AIBullishTechCrunch – AI · 6h ago7/10
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This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory
South Korean chip startup XCENA raised $135M in funding based on the thesis that memory bandwidth, rather than raw compute power, represents the primary constraint limiting AI model performance and efficiency. This investment signals growing industry recognition that current AI infrastructure bottlenecks may differ from conventional wisdom around processing capacity.