Data analytics chip startup Speedata has secured $44 million in Series B funding, with participation from various investors including Intel Corp. CEO Lip-Bu Tan and Mellanox Technologies co-founder Eyal Waldman.
Speedata's accelerator card, the C200, based on a custom chip called Callisto, is designed to optimize data analytics workloads and can be attached to servers via a standard PCIe port.
The Callisto chip, utilizing a CGRA chip architecture, can perform analytics tasks more efficiently, especially handling branching logic in queries, leading to improved query performance.
The funding will be used by Speedata to support its go-to-market efforts, with the company highlighting the chip's significant speed advantages in various sectors including healthcare, finance, insurance, and advertising technology.