Architecture

Six paradigms.
Four blocks.
One die.

Every form of computation that exists fits into six paradigms. The TESilicon architecture implements all of them on a single die — through four physical compute blocks that share memory, energy, and control.


The Six Paradigms

Every computation, accounted for.

There is no seventh.

Paradigm 01

Sequential scalar

Control flow. Branching. The if/else.

Paradigm 02

Parallel matrix

Linear algebra. The multiply-accumulate.

Paradigm 03

Reconfigurable dataflow

Programmable routing between compute elements.

Paradigm 04

Event-driven async

No clock. Fires on threshold.

Paradigm 05

Processing-in-memory

Compute where the data lives.

Paradigm 06

Bit-serial stochastic

Probabilistic streams. Graceful precision.


The Four Blocks

Compute, in physical form.

RV

RISC-V Core Complex

The brain. Sequential scalar. Runs the OS, the network stack, the control flow. Schedules every other block.

SA

Systolic Array

The workhorse. Parallel matrix. Dense inference, batch math, signal processing.

RF

Reconfigurable Fabric

The future-proofing. Reconfigurable dataflow plus processing-in-memory. The block that determines the variant.

SN

Spiking / Stochastic Array

The sentinel. Event-driven and bit-serial stochastic in one block. Always on. Wakes the rest of the chip when something matters.


Two Variants

Same architecture. Two reconfigurable fabrics.

Same RISC-V. Same systolic array. Same spiking sentinel. The difference is one block.

Variant 01

Joule CGRA

Coarse-grained reconfigurable array. Word-level processing elements that switch between dataflow graphs in microseconds.

Reconfigurable fabricCGRA
Reconfigurationword-level
Positionproduction
Variant 02

Joule DLRA / RRA

Domain-level reconfigurable array with reversible computing capability. Tile types compose into seven execution units at runtime. Reversible mode approaches the thermodynamic floor.

Reconfigurable fabricDLRA + RRA mode
Reconfigurationdomain-level
Positionflagship

Shared

Everything else is the same.

Unified memory

Every block sees the same physical address space. Zero-copy data sharing.

On-die NVM

RRAM for boot, weights, application storage. Most workloads need no external memory.

Five radios

WiFi, BLE, LoRa, UWB, GNSS. All on-die.

Post-quantum security

Hardware root of trust. PQC accelerators. Secure boot from day one.

Energy harvesting

Solar, thermal, RF, vibration, humidity. Integrated PMU. Deploy and forget.

Made in America

Zero ships on SKY130A via ChipFoundry. Production roadmap moves to 28 nm FD-SOI on a US-fabricated process.


Three modules. Same architecture.

The same Zero die ships in three modules — self-powered edge node, castellated OEM module, and CXL datacenter module — for different deployment needs.