Xsight labs - anyone talking about these guys?
Xsight Labs is a company that has developed a data processing unit (DPU) chip aimed at improving data center efficiency by offloading network, storage, and security tasks from the CPU, potentially reducing costs and power consumption.
Background
Xsight Labs is an Israeli fabless semiconductor startup designing high-performance data-center networking chips (SmartNICs/DPUs). Founded by veterans of Broadcom and Mellanox (acquired by Nvidia), it competes with Nvidia BlueField, Intel IPU, and AMD Pensando in the booming market for infrastructure processing units that offload networking, storage, and security from CPUs. The company has raised over $100M from backers including a16z, Battery Ventures, and Dell Technologies Capital. Its chips target cloud hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and large enterprise data centers as the industry shifts from general-purpose CPUs to specialized accelerators for cloud efficiency.