Welcome to yet another episode of the AI Business podcast in which we discuss the chip shortage and new AI hardware with special  guest Rodrigo Liang, co-founder and CEO of silicon design startup  SambaNova.
We start by talking about the ongoing chip supply crisis  which has sent server component prices skyrocketing, and saw American  auto-makers having to idle plants as tech-heavy cars have been stuck on production lines.
Scaling chip production is an extremely  capital-intensive process and the trade war between the US and China is  certainly not making silicon vendors any favors.
SambaNova itself recently emerged from stealth with a  new chip designed specifically for AI, called Cardinal, and a brand new  server architecture called DataFlow. The company was lucky enough to  purchase its materials in advance, so its wares are available for  testing.