Source: Fresh Date Classroom
Original Author: Little Date Jun
This article introduces what ASIC is and what FPGA is, as well as the principles of the two.
ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit)
The parallel computing power of GPUs is very strong, but it also has disadvantages, such as high power consumption, large size, and high cost.
Entering the 21st century, the demand for computing power has shown two significant trends: first, the usage scenarios of computing power are becoming more segmented; second, users’ requirements for computing performance are increasing. General-purpose computing chips can no longer meet user needs.
As a result, more and more companies are strengthening their research and investment in dedicated computing chips. ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) is a chip dedicated to specific tasks.
The official definition of ASIC is: integrated circuits specifically designed and manufactured according to the requirements of specific users or the needs of specific electronic systems.
ASIC began in the 1970s and 1980s. In the early days, it was used for computers. Later, it was mainly used for embedded control. In recent years, as mentioned earlier, it has begun to rise, being used for AI inference, high-speed search, and visual and image processing.
Speaking of ASIC, we must mention TPU.
TPU, short for Tensor Processing Unit, is a tensor processing unit. A
