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Reuters — November 19, 2025
Nvidia (NVDA.O), and Menlo Micro on Wednesday said they have used technology from the startup to dramatically speed up the testing of AI chips, easing a significant production bottleneck.
The world's most valuable listed company and the central player in the AI boom has been working to iron out kinks in its processes as it works to feed seemingly insatiable demand for its chips.
Nvidia has sold millions of artificial intelligence chips, each of which has to be tested before sale by placing it on a specialized circuit board designed to determine whether it meets design goals such as speed and other functions.
Whereas the AI chips are cutting edge, however, many of the chips in the circuit boards for testing them are decades old. That makes testing the AI chips, which consume huge amounts of power and communicate at some of the fastest speeds in the industry, a challenge.
To address the bottleneck, Nvidia has been working with Menlo Micro, a startup spun out from GE in 2016 and which has raised $227.5 million in funding from Corning and the venture fund of iPhone co-creator Tony Fadell.
The result is a set of switching chips that improve the performance of test boards
