Protocol Village: Wormhole Collaborates With AMD to Make Hardware Accelerators

Feb.
22:

Wormhole,
a
blockchain
interoperability
platform,
announced
a

collaboration
with
microprocessor
maker
AMD
that
will
make
enterprise
grade
AMD
FPGA
hardware
accelerators
available
to
the
Wormhole
ecosystem,
including
the
AMD
Alveo™
U55C
and
U250
adaptable
accelerator
cards.
AMD
will
also
lend
its
deep
hardware
acceleration
expertise
to
help
deliver
speed
and
scalability
to
multichain
applications
being
built
with
Wormhole.
“AMD
offers
enterprise-grade
FPGAs
that
are
based
on
the
most
advanced
architectures
for
scalable
compute
and
flexibility
for
a
breadth
of
applications.
FPGAs
can
parallelize
massive
workloads,
such
as
processing
millions
of
multichain
messages
on
Wormhole,”
according
to
a
blog
post
on
AMD’s
website.

Feb.
22:


Inco,
leading
developer
of
a
universal
confidentiality
layer
for
Ethereum
and
other
networks,
has
secured
$4.5
million
in
a
seed
round
led
by
1kx,
and
launched
its
testnet
Gentry.
According
to
the
team:
“The
testnet
addresses
Web3’s
confidentiality
challenges,
blending
EVM
with
FHE
and
secured
by
Ethereum
via
EigenLayer.
With
native
on-chain
confidentiality
and
randomness,
Inco
empowers
diverse
dApps
including
gaming,
DeFi,
private
lending
and
blind
auctions.”

Feb.
22:


Meso,
a
payment
platform
connecting
banks
and
blockchains,
announced
it
has
raised
$9.5
million
in
a
seed
round,
co-led
by
Solana
Ventures
and
Ribbit
Capital,
with
participation
from
6th
Man
Ventures,
Canonical
Crypto,
Phantom
Co-Founder
Chris
Kalani,
Pinterest
CEO
Bill
Ready
and
Archie
Puri
of
Bodhi
Labs.
According
to
the
team,
“the
network
was
launched
by
veterans
from
PayPal,
Venmo
and
Braintree.
Apps
can
integrate
Meso
to
onboard
users
without
first
sending
them
off
to
a
centralized
exchange
to
fund
their
wallets.”

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