Adapteva Inc. is a semiconductor company that specializes in designing and developing energy-efficient microprocessors for high-performance computing applications. The company was founded in 2008 by Andreas Olofsson, a former chip designer at Texas Instruments and Analog Devices, with the goal of creating a new generation of low-power, high-performance processors that could compete with traditional CPUs and GPUs.
Adapteva's flagship product is the Epiphany architecture, a massively parallel computing platform that uses a unique mesh network topology to connect thousands of small, low-power processing cores. The Epiphany architecture is designed to be highly scalable, with each core capable of executing multiple threads simultaneously, and the entire system capable of delivering teraflops of performance while consuming only a few watts of power.
Adapteva's processors are used in a variety of applications, including scientific computing, data analytics, machine learning, and embedded systems. The company has partnerships with several major technology companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, and Xilinx, and has received funding from a number of venture capital firms and government agencies.
In addition to its hardware products, Adapteva also offers software development tools and libraries to help developers optimize their applications for the Epiphany architecture. The company has a strong commitment to open-source software, and many of its tools and libraries are available under permissive licenses.
Adapteva has received numerous awards and accolades for its innovative technology, including being named one of MIT Technology Review's "50 Smartest Companies" in 2013. The company is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, and has a global network of partners and customers. With its focus on energy-efficient computing and parallel processing, Adapteva is well-positioned to play a leading role in the future of high-performance computing.
