At least 16 companies developing Deep Learning chips NextBigFuture.com

There are many established and startup companies developing deep learning chips. Google and Wave Computing have working silicon and are conducting customer trials. Chinese AI chip startup has received $100 million in funding. Cambricon Technologies aims to have one billion smart devices using its AI processor and own 30% of China's high-performance AI chip market in three years. Huawei estimates Cambricon chips are six times faster for deep-learning applications like training algorithms to identify images than a GPU.