In this episode of Tech Threads, Nandan Nayampally, Baya Systems CCO, sits down with Ian Ferguson, Vice President of Vertical Markets and Business Development at SiFive, to unpack one of the most important shifts happening in modern computing. 

AI is no longer just about scaling compute. It’s about orchestrating complexity. 

As architectures fragment across accelerators, chiplets, and custom silicon, the real challenge is no longer building faster chips, it’s turning all of these elements into a cohesive, high-performance system.  

This conversation explores why the industry is moving beyond the traditional “CPU vs GPU” narrative and toward a system-level approach where performance is defined by how effectively compute, memory, interconnect and software work together. 

From the growing momentum behind RISC-V to the rise of heterogeneous compute environments, the discussion highlights a clear trend: the future won’t be defined by a single dominant architecture, but by optimized combinations of technologies tailored to specific workloads. 

That shift introduces a new layer of complexity.