News Summary

• Upscale AI, a Santa Clara networking startup backed by Nvidia, launched a platform on Thursday that lets data centres link AI chips made by different suppliers.
• The product, called Token Fabric, was revealed in a company announcement today.
• Upscale said it is built on open standards and works with graphics chips, custom AI chips, and network cards from any vendor.
• Large AI systems distribute work across thousands of chips that must constantly exchange data.
• When data moves too slowly, costly chips sit idle.