1. Purpose and scope
The proof of concept is where the thesis meets engineering. The company must show, with evidence others can check, that its architecture delivers the advantage it claims on workloads that matter to customers. The results are the main evidence for the seed round and the first thing a potential design partner will ask to see.
Two kinds of evidence are built: an architecture model that shows the advantage on representative workloads, and a working prototype, usually on an FPGA board or emulator, that runs the key function on real inputs.
In scope: proof of concept scope and claims, the architecture model, performance targets, the FPGA prototype, prototype software, the demo, the proof of concept report, early customer feedback and invention disclosures and first patent filings. Out of scope: the full chip architecture specification and partner selection, which belong to Architecture & Partner Selection, and any silicon design.
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