The chapter explores the obstacles faced by small companies in hardware creation and the advantages of collaborating with established chip manufacturers like Nividia or AMD. It analyzes the significance of incorporating ZK-SNARK chips, the emergence of advanced A6 designs, and the impact of ASICs on Ethereum fragmentation. Discussions also include the role of GPUs versus ASICs in innovation, the development of 'icicle' for NVIDIA GPUs, and transitioning from CPUs to GPUs for enhanced performance and efficiency.
In this week’s episode, Anna chats with Omer Shlomovits and Yuval Domb from Ingonyama. They go back to the start of the project, exploring Ingonyama’s initial vision for what ZK Hardware could be, how the field has evolved and how they are accelerating ZK Hardware today. The group discuss hardware product cycles, the hardware and algorithmic components, how a ZK ASIC is developed, they review some of the latest research from Ingonyama and more.
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