Tachyum, the company behind the universal Prodigy processor, has filed for bankruptcy in Bratislava, Slovakia, Forbes reported, as cited by Tom's Hardware. The filing follows a court order initiating bankruptcy proceedings after the company repeatedly missed development and production milestones.
Tachyum introduced Prodigy in 2018, targeting a 2019 tape-out and 2020 commercial availability, but postponed the launch again and again through 2025 and has yet to show working silicon. Over the years the design grew from 64 cores to 128 and then 192, and in late 2025 the company announced a chiplet-based redesign with 1,024 cores.
According to an update by Tom's Hardware, the Prodigy patents belong to the Cayman Islands-based parent Tachyum Ltd., which controls US-based Tachyum Inc. and Slovakia-based Tachyum s.r.o. The parent itself is the target of liquidation proceedings, and if it is liquidated, control of the patents could pass to liquidators who would sell them to repay creditors.