Feeling like your home computer is getting weaker, struggling to run AI tasks and turning into a slideshow? Are you subconsciously blaming the CPU?Often, the CPU isn’t entirely to blame! The real ‘culprit’ is something we don’t pay much attention to—storage!But now, the situation is about to change completely! Fudan University has developed a storage chip called ‘Dawn’, and the results have been published in the prestigious journal Nature! How impressive is that?
How powerful is the ‘Dawn’ chip? Let me give you some numbers: its read and write speed is a million times faster than the mainstream storage technologies available today! To be specific, it can perform up to 2.5 billion independent data operations per second! This speed is simply astonishing!But this speed isn’t just about booting up a few seconds faster. It opens up new possibilities! This technology targets the ‘lifeblood’ of technological competition for the coming decades—artificial intelligence (AI)!With the rapid development of AI, algorithms are becoming more complex, and models are growing larger, requiring increasingly terrifying computational power. However, having a powerful brain (CPU/GPU) isn’t enough! The data must keep up with the speed at which it is fed to the brain!Storage is the ‘throat’ of the AI era, the ‘artery’ of information flow!Current mainstream storage technologies are inefficient when handling the massive, high-frequency, random small data reads and writes required by AI, and have become a serious bottleneck.Whoever can first break through high-speed storage technology will truly unleash the potential of AI, allowing large AI models to run smoothly and leaving competitors far behind!The ‘Dawn’ chip developed by Fudan University is not just a simple technological breakthrough. In my view, it is more like a flag planted firmly by the Chinese in the critical high ground of future information warfare!We not only need to be able to produce it ourselves, but we must also strive to be the best in the world, the fastest globally!We must use this hard-core strength to loudly tell certain countries and companies that are used to technological monopolies and often try to choke us: in terms of core technology, we Chinese will have the final say from now on! Don’t think you can play those old tricks anymore!The ‘Dawn’ chip is not only incredibly fast but also exceptionally stable! It uses a non-volatile design, so even if there is a sudden power outage, the data stored inside will not be lost! In fields that require absolute safety and reliability, such as autonomous driving, industrial control, and aerospace, this feature is simply a ‘stabilizing force’ that can save lives in critical moments!Most importantly, folks, listen up: the ‘Dawn’ chip has successfully completed its tape-out!What does successful tape-out mean? It means that actual chips have been produced, and the next step is to integrate them into servers and smart devices! Do you see that? This is determination, this is the speed of China! The lifeblood of core technology must, and will, be firmly held in our own hands!The significance of the ‘Dawn’ chip goes far beyond the chip itself. It is more like a resounding horn, a strong signal!It reminds each of us, especially our compatriots working in the technology field: do not naively believe in the fairy tale that ‘technology knows no borders’! When it comes to national core interests and information security, technology has always had borders!Can the cornerstone of national information security be built on someone else’s ‘goodwill’ or ‘charity’? Absolutely not!Haven’t we already paid a heavy price for the losses we’ve suffered in operating systems? Now, facing the surging tide of the AI era, we cannot afford to retreat even a single step in storage technology, a new strategic high ground that relates to the future of our nation. We must take it! We must be self-reliant and controllable!So, when you see the words ‘Dawn’, don’t just focus on the astonishing speed parameters. You must see the indomitable spirit behind it, the determination to innovate independently and take control of our own destiny! This is what has been passed down through the bones of the Chinese nation!
It is precisely this hard-core strength, this determination and capability to ‘take charge of my territory’, that makes the ‘Dawn’ chip a source of discomfort for those who are used to pointing fingers at us and trying to suppress our technological development!They are not afraid of a chip itself; they are afraid of our awakened sense of autonomy and our increasingly powerful technological strength!The future is here, and it is accelerating towards us at an unstoppable Chinese speed! In the hardcore race of technology, China will only grow stronger, our backs will become straighter, and our confidence will grow!What do you think about the ‘Dawn’ chip? In which fields do you think it can create waves? What tangible changes can it bring to our lives?