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SambaNova Systems

SambaNova Systems is the creator of the Reconfigurable Dataflow Architecture (RDA), providing full-stack hardware and software systems for massive 1-million-token context window reasoning.

Country
United States
Founded
2017
Products
1
Reports
4
Last reviewed
Aug 2026

Overview

What this company is, what it builds, and who it serves.

SambaNova Systems is an enterprise AI hardware and platform company based in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2017 by veteran processor executive Rodrigo Liang alongside Stanford computing pioneers Kunle Olukotun and Chris Ré, SambaNova created the Reconfigurable Dataflow Architecture (RDA).

Who it serves

Federal research laboratories, sovereign state defense ministries, and global enterprise banks handling extreme-scale contextual intelligence.

What it builds

SN40L Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit, SambaNova Suite, DataScale enterprise systems, and SambaCloud developer inference.

Why It Matters

SambaNova Systems is the creator of the Reconfigurable Dataflow Architecture (RDA), providing full-stack hardware and software systems for massive 1-million-token context window reasoning.

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Company

SambaNova Systems

Capabilities

  • Scalable domain-specific neural network architectures
  • Enterprise-grade data protection, security, and compliance
  • High-throughput API access and real-time inference processing
  • Deep integration into modern developer and cloud infrastructure

Features

  • SN40L Dataflow chip
  • High-performance developer API with comprehensive SDKs
  • Enterprise workspace collaboration and role-based access control
  • Continuous automated model evaluation and audit logging

Country

United States

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is SambaNova Systems?

SambaNova Systems is a silicon and software systems company that builds AI hardware based on Reconfigurable Dataflow Architecture (RDA), designed for massive foundation models and infinite-context processing.

Who founded SambaNova Systems?

SambaNova was founded in 2017 by Rodrigo Liang (former VP of Processor Development at Oracle/Sun) and Stanford University computing professors Kunle Olukotun and Chris Ré.

What makes SambaNova's SN40L chip unique?

The SN40L features a three-tier memory architecture combining on-chip SRAM, high-bandwidth HBM3, and high-capacity DDR5, allowing it to hold entire multi-trillion parameter models with million-token context windows on a single node.

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