Rethinking AI Chips: How VSORA Redesigned the Hardware That Runs AI

Rethinking AI Chips: How VSORA Redesigned the Hardware That Runs AI
by Lauro Rizzatti on 09-16-2026 at 6:00 am

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Instead of tweaking existing designs, VSORA built an AI chip from scratch to fix the real bottleneck: moving data fast enough to keep the math circuits busy.

There’s a version of the AI hardware story that everyone in the chip industry has heard a hundred times. A startup raises money on a clever chip design, promises to topple… Read More


VSORA Board Chair Sandra Rivera on Solutions for AI Inference and LLM Processing

VSORA Board Chair Sandra Rivera on Solutions for AI Inference and LLM Processing
by Lauro Rizzatti on 02-09-2026 at 6:00 am

Sandra Rivera VISORA

Sandra Rivera, a Silicon Valley veteran who is the former CEO of Altera, an Intel FPGA spinout, and long-time Intel executive, recently became Chair of the Board of Directors of Paris-based VSORA. VSORA, a technology leader redefining AI inference for next-generation data centers, cloud infrastructure and edge, is focused … Read More


Luc Burgun: EDA CEO, Now French Startup Investor

Luc Burgun: EDA CEO, Now French Startup Investor
by Lauro Rizzatti on 01-22-2024 at 6:00 am

Luc Burgun

When we last saw Luc Burgun’s name in the semiconductor industry, he was CEO and co-founder of EVE (Emulation and Verification Engineering), creator of the ZeBu (Zero Bugs) hardware emulator. EVE was acquired by Synopsys in 2012.

After the acquisition, Luc moved out of EDA and became an investor. Join me as I catch up with Luc and … Read More