Tachyum, the company behind the world’s first Universal Processor, Prodigy, announced a major milestone today as it nears completion of software packages for customers and OEM/ODM partners. Tachyum has successfully ported and demonstrated standalone applications on Prodigy and is now progressing towards full software distribution. The company has achieved an important breakthrough with the integration of the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) platforms, entering the beta version phase. These firmware packages have been seamlessly integrated into the Prodigy FPGA prototype system.
UEFI, a cutting-edge interface between operating systems and platform firmware, has replaced traditional BIOS interfaces. This next-generation standard not only offers enhanced security but also ensures modularity and faster booting. Tachyum has chosen UEFI firmware as the primary method for initializing the Prodigy platform, enabling the configuration of Prodigy’s BIOS using UEFI services.
BMC, on the other hand, acts as a service processor embedded in a server, enabling administrators to monitor the server’s physical state and exert full remote control for maintenance purposes.
The successful integration of BMC and UEFI marks critical milestones in the development of Prodigy’s integrated system software stack, indicating that it has reached the alpha stage. Following a quarter of alpha release, it will progress to the beta phase before eventually reaching production release with chip sampling.
Dr. Radoslav Danilak, founder and CEO of Tachyum, emphasized the significance of these software packages, stating, “Since completing testing processes, our engineering team has focused on integration and interoperability to drive the increasing system-level maturity of Prodigy. These software packages are important boxes to tick for deployment in customer environments and OEM partner products.”
Prodigy, with its groundbreaking architecture, unifies the functionality of the CPU, GPGPU, and TPU into a single chip. As a Universal Processor, Prodigy offers exceptional high-performance capabilities tailored for cloud and HPC/AI workloads within a unified architecture. The versatility of Prodigy allows data center servers to seamlessly and dynamically switch between computational domains, eliminating the need for expensive dedicated AI hardware while significantly increasing server utilization.
By delivering unrivaled data center performance, power efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, Prodigy revolutionizes the industry, reducing both capital and operational expenditures. The chip integrates 128 high-performance custom-designed 64-bit compute cores, delivering up to four times the performance of the highest-performing x86 processors for cloud workloads, three times that of the most powerful GPU for HPC, and six times for AI applications.
Tachyum’s achievement in reaching the beta version of BMC/UEFI integration demonstrates the company’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of innovation in the processor industry, setting the stage for Prodigy’s successful deployment in customer environments and OEM partner products.
