Issue 7 2019

CORPORATE VISION / Issue 7 2019 15 , Feb19441 Tachyum is a stealthmode start up developing disruptive technologies and products with offices in San Jose, California, USA. Recently the firm found success in CV’s Corporate Excellence Awards 2019. On the back of this win, we profiled the firm to discover more about the outstanding value proposition their Prodigy processor provides. Game-Changing Innovation Tachyum, with offices in San Jose, California, USA and Bratislava Slovakia, is a fabless semi- conductor startup developing a disruptive a line of high perfor- mance and low power processor products. Recently the firm found success in CV’s Corporate Excellence Awards 2019. On the back of this win, we profiled the firm to discover more about the pervasive impact of their Game-Changing Innovation on the processor landscape. Established in 2016, Tachyum was founded by team that brought flash memory (SSD) to the masses and that had built and successfully sold two compa- nies. Named for the Greek prefix “tachy,” meaning speed, which is combined with the suffix “-um,” in- dicating an element (e.g. lithium), Tachyum is meant to evoke the notion of “an element of speed”. Their Prodigy Universal Pro- cessor is being developed to unlock unprecedented perfor- mance, power efficiency and cost advantages to solve the most complex processing challenges in big data analytics, big-AI, edge computing and high performance computing. Tachyum’s impact will be felt across a broad spectrum of markets and industries. Enabling the firm to deliver this world-class line of products, is the dedicated, passionate and inventive team of individuals which form the backbone of Tachyum. The firm’s founders have a proven track record of solving problems which have been caused by device physics in semiconductors, to deliver transformational products to global markets. They are backed by IPM Growth, the venture capital division of IPM Group, based in London & Bratislava, as Tachyum’s lead investor. Looking ahead to what the future holds, the team at Tachyum will continue to deliver an exceptional level of service which not only fulfils the requirements set by their clients, but also surpass- es their expectations. Lastly, Tachyum hopes to build upon the numerous accomplishments they have achieved over the years, with their most recent being their success in Corporate Vision’s Corporate Excellence Awards where they were righteously awarded the accolade Leading Specialists in Big Data Solutions 2019 – USA. Web Address: www.tachyum.com