{"data":{"slug":"etched-sohu","etype":"chip","name":"Etched Sohu","cat":"AI Accelerator","subtitle":"The transformer-only ASIC bet: burn the architecture into silicon.","summary":"Etched is betting that the transformer is permanent: Sohu hard-wires transformer inference and nothing else, claiming an 8-chip server could replace many H100s for LLM serving. The company raised $120M in 2024. No product has shipped or been independently benchmarked; all figures are company claims.","attrs":[{"g":"Overview","l":"Designer","v":"Etched"},{"g":"Overview","l":"Status","v":"In development — no shipping product"},{"b":"Vendor claim","g":"Overview","l":"Approach","v":"Transformer-only ASIC (cannot run CNNs or other architectures)"},{"b":"Vendor claim","g":"Memory","l":"Memory (planned)","v":"144 GB HBM3E"},{"b":"Vendor claim","g":"Compute","l":"Throughput claim","v":"~500,000 Llama-70B tokens/s per 8-chip server — company claim, not independently verified"}],"kf":{"year":2026,"class":"AI Accelerator","memory":"144 GB HBM3E","designer":"Etched"},"aliases":["Sohu","Etched"],"ticker":null,"exchange":null,"hq":null,"founded":null,"website":null,"status":"In development","region":null,"asof":"2026-01-15","sources":[{"url":"https://www.etched.com/","label":"Etched"}]},"meta":{"found":true,"count":1,"served_from":"site cache (no live upstream calls)","as_of":"2026-10-14T09:51:28+00:00","disclaimer":"Research and information only — not investment advice. Structured records carry basis labels (vendor spec / reported / estimate); market quotes are delayed/indicative.","attribution":"Records compiled from vendor documentation, official filings and reputable public reporting; market quotes via financial data providers. See /data-sources."}}