SambaNova and Super Micro plan AI inference systems built on 10,000 SN50 chips

The chip startup is teaming up with Super Micro Computer to build inference systems at a scale that would test its newest RDU in the real world SambaNova Systems and Super Micro Computer plan to build AI inference systems packed with 10,000 of SambaNova’s SN50 chips. What the two companies are building The SN50 is the latest generation of SambaNova’s Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit, or RDU. That is the company’s name for its custom AI processor. SambaNova launched the SN50 in February 2026. It is aimed squarely at inference, the stage where a trained AI model actually answers questions, writes text, or generates outputs for users. Under the new arrangement, SambaNova and Super Micro Computer (SMCI) intend to develop large-scale inference systems that incorporate 10,000 SN50 chips. A deployment timeline for the 10,000-chip effort has not been disclosed. The SN50 spec sheet, and the big claim SambaNova says the SN50 can handle models with up to 10 trillion parameters. The headline claim is a direct shot at Nvidia. SambaNova says the SN50 delivers up to 5x greater speed and up to 3x lower total cost of ownership compared with Nvidia’s B200 GPUs. On the hardware side, SambaRack SN50 syste...