Woofun AI reports that AI inference chip developer Etched has exited stealth mode, confirming the completion of its A0 Tapeout and the assembly of initial rack systems. The company secured $800 million in funding alongside more than $1 billion in customer contracts, with first shipments scheduled for this summer.

Etched claims early tests demonstrate state-of-the-art throughput, latency, and energy efficiency. Backed by over 400 engineers from industry leaders, the firm introduced Low-Voltage Inference and Cluster-Scale Memory architectures to optimize large-scale MoE models. Operations include a 2MW data center and a manufacturing facility in Taiwan, China.