FILE PHOTO: The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is displayed at its fabrication plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, June 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
SANTA CLARA, California - (Reuters) -The computing chips that power artificialintelligence consume a lot of electricity. On Wednesday, the world's biggest manufacturer of those chips showed off a new strategy to make them more energy efficient: Using AI-powered software to design them.
At a conference in Silicon Valley, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the contract manufacturer that fabricates chips for Nvidia, showed off a range of ways that it is hoping to boost the energy efficiency of AI computing chips by about 10 times.
