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From analog inference at Mythic to open-architecture silicon at Tenstorrent, the city is quietly stacking AI-hardware talent.
Equipment is going in at the $44B Central Texas plant as Samsung preps 2-nanometer production for Tesla's AI5 and AI6.
The all-cash deal is TI's largest acquisition since 2011 and would fold an Austin wireless-chip pioneer into the Dallas semiconductor giant.
The Austin chip company, led by DCVC with Honda and Lockheed Martin participating, capped a turnaround with an oversubscribed round.