I don't see the microprocessor comparison here. Dedicated inference ASICs already have a great chip design parallel - ASICs. Most PCs and smartphones avoid ASICs entirely to control things via the SOC if possible. The most popular modern microprocessors are all generally not ASIC designs.

Crypto miners already charged down this route for mining, and now there are thousands of ASIC mining rigs that are worth nothing, when GPU rigs are resold at a profit. ASICs are a dead-end, and I think that's why Nvidia couldn't give a rats ass what Taalas builds.