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Reiner Pope: evaluation

26 Feb 2026 Cheeky Pint Reiner Pope of MatX on accelerating AI with transformer-optimized chips

“I think that's a pretty good fit because you have different parts of your company that are skilled at different areas, and it allows you to keep both of them occupied without having instead every 2 years doing a massive risk release.”

— Reiner Pope

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Reiner Pope
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26 Feb 2026
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Cheeky Pint

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…Yeah. Many chip vendors have this sort of tick-tock model, which is you'll do on one generation, maybe you're trying to release every year. On even numbered years, you'll do a physical technology upgrade, so new transistor technology, new memory technology, and you interconnect. Then on odd numbered years, you might do an architecture overhaul. I think that's a pretty good fit because you have different parts of your company that are skilled at different areas, and it allows you to keep both of them occupied without having instead every 2 years doing a massive risk release. Yeah. So you think that's probably likely for you?…

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