GEMESYS GmbH – Making Artificial Intelligence More Efficient

While working at the Chair of Digital Communication Systems at Ruhr University Bochum – where they shared the same doctoral supervisor – Michaelis and Solan began developing initial approaches in 2015 for a chip whose operation is significantly closer to that of the human brain than any previous hardware and is based on its information processing mechanism. In 2023, they founded GEMESYS GmbH, together with Krüger and Schmidt, to further develop the chip. They anticipate being able to increase the efficiency of AI ten thousandfold compared to the current state of the art . The chip will be equipped with so-called memristors to achieve this .

These are specialized hardware components that have only been manufactured for a few years. Manufacturing these components and integrating them onto chips currently presents a significant technical challenge. The innovative technology developed by GEMESYS addresses some of these difficulties and promises the scalable use of memristors . The four founders' vision is to establish North Rhine-Westphalia as a major hub for AI hardware, extending beyond the borders of the state and Germany . They have now completed a demonstrator , allowing them to practically apply their theoretical foundations for the first time. A prototype will follow. The first pilot project with an industry partner is scheduled to launch in 2025, and GEMESYS plans to enter the market in 2028 .